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Edit history is available here (warning: linked page is extremely huge). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Messedrocker (talk • contribs) 06:51, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Happy Alison's day!

I've officially declared today as your special day!
For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian,
enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Allie!
Phaedriel
02:29, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations on your special day! --Kyoko 19:53, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm honestly lost for words here. I ... don't know what to say, and that's unusual for me. Thank you so much, Phaedriel! We need an International Phaedriel WikiMonth, methinks :) - Alison ☺ 19:56, 30 April 2007 (UTC) (ps: boink! - finally emailed ya)

RMS back again

File:Stuffed tiger wearing a sombrero.jpg
The Whack-a-mole Stuffed Tiger Prize rewards sysops who tirelessly reblock returning sockpuppets at Carnival Wikipedia.

Special:Contributions/Crabbycritter. If you check the unblock notice on his talk page he's using the same IP that's been used by RMS many a time, and his edits are the usual ones. Have a prize for all the hard work! Thanks. One Night In Hackney303 14:09, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the tiger - he's awesome :) Re. Crabbycritter (talk · contribs) - I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt right now but will add the to my watchlist. It could be some other poor editor in a NY Kinko's who's just getting caught in RMS' collateral damage. I'll keep a close watch but will AGF here. Note that the autoblock will shut them out for quite a while anyway. Thanks again! - Alison ☺ 19:43, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

RFA thanks

Thank you, Alison, for your constructive comments in my recent RFA, which passed with 86 support, 8 oppose, and 5 neutral !votes. I will keep in mind all your suggestions and/or concerns, and will try to live up to your standards. Please, if you have any comments or complaints about my actions as an administrator, leave a note on my talk page, and I will respond as soon as I possibly can, without frying my brain, of course.
Thank you once more,
· AndonicO Talk

A request

Hey Alison, I was wondering if you could visit Drought for me. More specifically, please note this diff[3]. I did not revert it as I am trying to not move into the space of edit warring. I might be misinterpreting/misunderstanding the edits of the user. Thus, I am asking you to look it over for me. I ran into this while RC patrolling. It seems to me that the editor in question does not agree with the statement for "political" reasons (his/her wording), despite the fact that it is included with citations. Anyways, I will leave it be now. Thanks for considering this issue. Best, --Kukini hablame aqui 20:25, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

  • I took a look & they've reverted three times now. Their rationale is vague and I don't like their threat of revert-warring. Frankly, I see no issues with the text and cites they removed and suspect their reasons. I've reverted to the included version and left a second-level 3RR warning on their talk page, as well as exhorting them to discuss the matter rather than resorting to reversions/threats - Alison ☺ 20:59, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

CSD backlog

Allie, I just deleted the last surviving article on WP:CSD so that was - momentarily - empty. I know it's filling up now while I'm talking to you, but I just wanted to boast to someone! Yes, I know there were others working there as well; I just caught the last one. But, still......!!!--Anthony.bradbury 21:46, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Woohoo!!! Good job, dude. Must have felt good to delete that last backlog date category :) - Alison ☺ 21:55, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Cleaned out WP:CSD backlog again. With help, obviously. Easier than I thought. Do you want the award back?--Anthony.bradbury 23:50, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Award

Allie, that is the first award I have ever had. I really appreciate it. Thank you so much.--Anthony.bradbury 22:11, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Pass the salt

User:Justin Sanford - I don't think he gets it.... One Night In Hackney303 22:33, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I deleted it again but didn't add it to the SALT list. Not for a userpage. Instead, I added {{deletedpage}} and fully-protected it. I'd rather the guy was given the chance to promise not to do it again & then let him edit it again. It's been through two (count 'em) MfDs and six deletions already - Alison ☺ 22:39, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
I know, I did both the MfDs and most of the tagging for speedy deletion. The second one had to be done for the slightly bizarre reason that the newer version of the page didn't have an infobox but the earlier one did. He has a breathtaking zero mainspace edits since he created his account as well, apart from his attempts to create the oft deleted Jeff Sanford page in mainspace. One Night In Hackney303 22:44, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
5 db-bios, no less. Full marks for tenacity, though - Alison ☺ 22:48, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Travel

I would quite like to meet you, but California is outside my range. Do you ever come back over the Pond?--Anthony.bradbury 00:01, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Next time your back I would also like to book you for a date! Ryan Postlethwaite 00:02, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
LOL!!! Guys!! :)
I'm back in Ireland in June/July for about 2 weeks, is all. Wedding I need to attend - Alison ☺ 00:10, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Timing

As I go to bed, California comes home from work and starts vandalising. Such is life. Goodnight.--Anthony.bradbury 00:10, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

"School". For sake of sanity and my faith in the world. I hope that's "come home from school"... WjBscribe 00:17, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Given the nature of the edits that we get, I'm afraid that I did mean "come home from work". Sorry about your sanity.--Anthony.bradbury 23:55, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Holiday

I could come over to Ireland at the end of June, if you favoured the idea. You can fail to give a location if you don't. And Ryan, I thought of it first.--Anthony.bradbury 00:13, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

{{pp-semi-vandalism}} parameter

Hi, just wanted to let you know that it appears that the "expiry=2 weeks" parameter always means the template refers to a date 2 weeks in the future, it doesn't stay fixed at 2 weeks after protection. If you use it, you need to specify an actual date (e.g. "expiry=May 15"). Editors of Patel were a little confused when IP editors started editing again... WjBscribe 00:16, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Yeah, I gave up on doing that .. oh, about two weeks back. :) *blushes* yet again. There's a whole complex subst string which needs to be typed in for it to calculate an absolute date. - Alison ☺ 00:20, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Two weeks back? Makes sense :-). I see your point- I have no idea what {{pp-semi-vandalism|expiry={{subst:#time:F j, Y|+7 days}}}} means... WjBscribe 00:23, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
      • Me neither. Which is why I'm hacking on Steel's script at the mo'. I want to have a semi and full-prot script which allows you to specify the duration and automagically puts in that subst junk. Right now, that thing is unusable so I just use the indefinite one and let DumbBOT pick up the slack - Alison ☺ 00:38, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Boink!

By now, you should know what that means, Allie ;) Hugs, Phaedriel - 03:49, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Transwoman refs

Whoops. Thanks for putting that template in for me. :P --Dookama 03:57, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Drought

I am concerned that wikipedia is patrolled by book-burners. I do discuss thank you very much. Many article-protectors do not. I thought that wikipedia was about facts but I am starting to wonder.--Grinning Idiot 15:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Glad to hear you discuss! However, you also revert-war and yesterday, you came perilously close to a 24-hour block for same. I note from the talk page that, though you have a genuine concern for US-centric bias in the above article, you also are being rude and argumentative, which is not helping matters and that you have still failed to-date to justify continually removing those cites. Now, you've made veiled accusations of book-burning; a very nasty accusation indeed. See where I'm going with this? - Alison ☺ 15:34, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I have already posted my resignation on "drought" to the drought discussion page. My accusation was nasty, but I make no apologies (I do believe that there are people out there who see WP as their chance to change history to the way they wanted it to be). To those who remove my contributions without debate I say, re-write history as you see fit. I won't stand in your way. And Alison, if you think my biggest problem was "US-centric", my concerns are justified. I will not contribute to the "drought" article further despite it being poor. Wikipedia has lost credibility - such a shame. BTW, if you read my contributions to the drought discussion page, you will see that all I ever wanted was a quality article. Also, please let me know if you think the article is up to scratch. Considering the effort I have put into this, I am curious to see if I am dealt with like a mindless vandal.--Grinning Idiot 12:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Alison - Are you at all concerned that wikipedia is losing credibility? I thought it was great until I realised that people protected articles. They defend them like their own children! I really wanted to get involved. I thought that wikipedia was the way of information in the future. I have now seen that there is no reality on wikipedia. Only opinion with authority. I will not use wikipedia to gather information anymore. My fear is that others will. Wikipedia should never be a genuine source of information. --Grinning Idiot 15:42, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

OK

Thanks for telling me, even though they had not got their final warning I did check their contribs and they had vandalismed 4+ times today so I thought it be necessary, the obviously knew they would be blocked as they have been blocked before because of this, would this be alright if I do it in the future because they will know that they will be blocked if they have been blocked previously.Tellyaddict 15:31, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I think you should give them a certain due process. At worst, use {{bv}} from the get-go. I wouldn't normally block a page-blanking vandal without the bare minimum. Also, I strongly recommend you report to AIV factually or people will start to doubt the veracity of your reports!! - Alison ☺ 15:38, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Willing?

Would you be willing to have a discussion with me regarding wiki policy and WP:OR?

I'm trying to get my arms wrapped around exactly what is WP:OR and what isn't and would like to have an informal discussion with you around it. Or if you feel there is someone else who is better versed in those policies, I'd be happy to turn to them.

Lsi john 16:46, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I'd love to help, but am kinda snowed-under right now. Can you wait a few days? If not, try asking another admin or maybe putting {{helpme}} on your talk page. Sorry - working overtime here this week :) - Alison ☺ 01:03, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

My (Selket's) RfA

Thank you, Alison, for your support on my recent RfA, which recently passed 54/1/1. I hope I can live up to everyone's expectations. I will certainly take the constructive criticism I recieved to heart. Please, if you have any comments or complaints about my actions as an administrator, leave a note on my talk page. Thank you again· --Selket Talk 18:10, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

One of those nights, eh?

Thanks for the reverts (again) :O) Flowerpotman talk|contribs 00:41, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

And thank you Flowerpotman for reverting the vandalism on MY page. Alison has just blocked User:172.165.149.235 which has a suspiciously similar pattern of serial vandal edits as a user blocked for 31 hours a few minutes ago: User:172.165.54.155. I note both IP addresses are registered to America Online (and I tagged them both as such). -Amatulic 00:45, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, also, for the revert, Amatulic :) Appreciate it - Alison ☺ 00:48, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Yeah. And I'm crazy-busy right now. Silly, penis obsessed vandals ... - Alison ☺ 00:47, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I just noticed, if you look at the edit history for Tiny, you'll see the same person making the same vandal edits ("Justin Trudeau's penis") from multiple IP addresses. Some have been blocked, some haven't. This has been going on for days. All are America Online addresses. What can be done about it? Block all of AOL for a few hours to encourage the vandals to give up for today? -Amatulic 01:02, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Why not write your congressman? 172.164.173.114 01:04, 2 May 2007 (UTC)FLIPOPOPOP
  • Comment, Hey there folks, I work at AOL. We have a section that deals with the tracing of IP addresses. Everything is logged, so there is no problem matching a user with the IP. This is normally undertaken at the request of law enforcement agencies. Don't push too far, or you could end up on a law enforcement database! Aolworker 12:01, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Another AOL vandal IP. Just vandalized Tiny and my user page again. -Amatulic 01:12, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Not any longer. Vandal IP blocked 3 hours. Tiny article now semi-protected 2 weeks. It's endured a ridiculous amount of juvenile vandalism. This page also semi'd for 3 hours to allow the AOL vandals a little time to get their homework done - Alison ☺ 01:15, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks Alison. You didn't have to spend valuable time correcting my userpage as well, but much appreciated. I wouldn't mind an indef semi-protect on my userpage (in fact, I'm surprised this isn't a policy for all user pages; why should anons be able to edit them?) -Amatulic 01:20, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Woops, it's back! User:172.169.10.55 just vandalized my userpage again. I have submitted a request to semi-protect my userpage through normal channels, and posted about this whack-a-mole situation on WP:ANI. -Amatulic 01:53, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject newsletter

This month's project newsletter (hand delivered as SatyrTN and Dev920 are away). Best wishes, WjBscribe 03:36, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Hex Code

It's back, but I hesitate to post the article name here, for obvious reasons. You should be able to rapidly find it on new pages, under the number that starts with 9. Philippe 05:08, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Totally understand - totally. You're really really fast about getting them. Thanks for that. Know that all of us non-admin types are getting frustrated, too, and love that you're reacting so quickly. Philippe 05:15, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
I know! It's crazy. Four now in as many minutes. 4 article prots. 3 users indefblocked. sigh - Alison ☺ 05:17, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
There's a talk page that starts with Talk:09 running out there too - I tagged it for speedy also, but that one may not get caught for a while because it's in Talk... Philippe 05:23, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Much as I hate to bug you with this one too... a user that I warned for creating it (User:Joeloveslego) has just issued me a creation warning for it. Anything you can do about him? Philippe 05:27, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
I came very close to blocking him 5 mins ago for recreating the same NN article 3 times in 20 mins. Consider it done - Alison ☺ 05:29, 2 May 2007 (UTC) (found the talk page, thanks :) )
OK, thank you! i'm stepping away, for the sake of my blood pressure. <Grin> Philippe 05:30, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, Phillipe. Go!! Quick!! Before it starts up again :) - Alison ☺ 05:40, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

It doesn't seem that fully protecting the Kevin Rose article is appropriate. The level of activity on that article is low enough still that it would likely be rejected had it been requested in RFPP on any "normal" kind of day. --Auto(talk / contribs) 12:07, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. I've reduced it to semi. See how it goes ... - Alison ☺ 15:53, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Aportace

I just wondered why you deleted my 'Aportace' article within 7 or so minutes of it going up? I see the reason for deletion was 'No Context'. Well, thanks for jumping in like an eager puppy and deleting it before I got to add that context (some articles on bicycle components for bike mechanics).

If it's all going to be a fight against overeager admins I don't think I'll bother.

If you're going to be a stickler for rules then please reread the criteria for speedy deletion page and you'll see that in the notes for CSD A1 it says to do the courtesy of adding a note in the users talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nick Wallis (talk • contribs)

  • Nick, it was a single line long - this line; "An aportace is a type of spring used on a bicycle quick release skewer.". Nothing else. It's not referenced, it's got not content, nothing. In fact, at best, it sounds more like a dicdef and could maybe have a place on wiktionary. - Alison ☺ 08:34, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Sakura Haruno... do me a favor?

Frazzled

... brain totally melted on the whole DVD-HD issue. 2am here - so much for wikibreaks. Night all! :) - Alison ☺ 08:48, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Get off the comp already and get some rest, you wikimaniac! :) Sweet dreams! Phaedriel - 09:11, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh, Phaedriel - my brain is so toasted here :) Check the delete logs - it's been a crazy night. BTW - I must write to you but my brain is equally frazzled in that department, too. But .... thank you so much for what you said. It means more than you could ever know - Alison ☺ 09:14, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Alison, you did a fantastic job in handling the hex code madness! You deserve a shiny barnstar!
The Original Barnstar
A well-deserved barnstar for staying up late and protecting Wikipedia. :) MahangaTalk 16:29, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, excellent work. --Alabamaboy 16:53, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Aye. And, in case you missed it, Jimbo's comment on the protection of HD DVD [4]. WjBscribe 01:17, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

dd form 214 revisited and re-edited

Alison

The editing of DD Form 214 has happened again. He added a link to a pdf with company logo and phone #. Can you correct it.

Thanks

Steve Jones —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Steveljones (talk • contribs) 20:24, 2 May 2007 (UTC).

 Done - reverted and warned against spamming. It's the same guy back again - Alison ☺ 19:01, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your comments, you dont know how much they mean to me! Best of luck to you too, I think I'll like my new account! Best regards, Tellyaddict 15:49, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Housekeeping issue on block of 207.157.220.40

Hi Alison, I was doing some RC work and I saw this diff regardinga block of a school IP. The text of the block message indicates a one week block, while the text of the edit summary indicates a one month block. This is one of those shared IPs that seems to be more trouble than good, so block it as long as you want. I mainly wanted to let you know about the difference between the edit summary & the text of the talk page message. --Ssbohio 18:51, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the note! I meant for a 1-week block, which they got and which their block message states. However, my edit summary got auto-filled and I hit return just that little bit too fast. Ooops :) - Alison ☺ 18:53, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Questionable call on an IPvandal

Re: 199.216.98.34 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

This user has made four, not three, edits to Wikipedia today, and eight since the 27 April block expired -- all of them vandalizing. I did not leave a fresh final warning on this user's talk page after his or her previous block expired because it has been my experience that each final block negates all final blocks preceding it. ("How come you gave him a final warning when he already has a final warning? You should've just reported him, etc.") Out of this IPvandal's 101 edits, I have determined, based on a random sampling, that approximately 0 of them have been constructive.

It is more likely that the sun will explode this afternoon than that this user will turn out to have deserved the benefit of the doubt. If you want to go letter-of-the-law on this, there are a grand total of five warnings on the user's talk page (including mine), which explicitly state that the user will be blocked without further warning if disruptive edits continue. These warnings date back to last October.

All I ask is that a long-term (semi-permanent is too much to hope for) block on anonymous editing from the IP address be imposed. Is this possible, or will the vandal be allowed to continue wasting our time into the forseeable future on slow days at his or her public works department office in scenic Alberta? --Dynaflow 19:26, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Well, here's my take on it. The address is a shared IP and, while their contributions have been abyssmal to-date, I can't just block them because of something they may do. At the very least, they deserve a final warning here. I don't want to give a confirmed shared IP a long-term block without a little due process here. It's not a simple AIV case and, for that reason, you might want to bring it to WP:ANI and state that the AIV report was turned down by myself. That way, other admins will get a look-in and decide accordingly. - Alison ☺ 19:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Josh Hancock

Can you take a look at this before it gets complicated and let me know what you think? [5] It pertains to box colors for a now deceased MLB baseball player. I've asked another editor to engage in dialogue over it, but he seems more interested in a revert war. Given the strong feeling of De ja vu, I thought I'd seek a 2nd opion before the thread gets long and boring. Rklawton 20:07, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

  • It's starting to get nasty and personal with one particular editor feeling victimised having previously been revert-warring. I've waded in and tried to mediate but don't fancy my chances. We'll see what happens. I have no experience of baseball whatsoever, so this should be interesting - Alison ☺ 21:56, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

My tag.js

Two quick questions before I consider this a job well done. Would it be helpful if every WP:RFPP response asked for an (optional) extra comment (as opposed to just 'declined' and 'note')? And would it be felpful if every article protection tag button asked for an expiry? – Steel 20:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
(P.S. Thanks for helping. Really)

  • Ummm. I think it's just great right now. I just fixed a minor typo in the edit summary of 'note', is all. One thing - for consistency, it's probably best to remove the period just after the {{RFPP}} as it's on some and not on others. A space instead would allow folks to just tidily add their sig. Oh, and a space after the edit summary would make it a weency bit easier to augment it with our own message. Hey - good job on the whole script. I use nothing else these days & I find it hard to remember which template for what. And as for the expiry date nonsense ... well, it's a godsend! - Alison ☺ 21:39, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Well, after wrestling with the "Full (other)" and "Semi (other)" tags for a while, I think that's everything all working now. I duplicated it to User:Steel359/protection.js which will be the 'stable' version (with a more descriptive name) - doesn't really matter which one you use. I'm glad it has come in useful to someone other than me. – Steel 23:40, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Good idea! - Alison ☺ 00:05, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for fixing my messup with the autoblocker and the such. The good news is I jsut got my internet set up at my new apartment so I will be able to fix things a litle better now! -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 21:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I didn't want to step on your toes or anything, just that it sounded kinda urgent & I noticed you weren't about :) - Alison ☺ 21:35, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Alison, thank you for taking time to respond. I observe the tendentious editing frequently and across multiple articles. A series of edits will be made by one (or several editors) and Smee comes back and simply reverts the entire lot, and then re-edits back in what he wants in. Often this results in spelling errors (and other) being re-inserted.

He never abides by WP:BRD and routinely reverts with edit comments like restoring highly relevant cited sources and then moves on to another article, and ignores any attempts by other editors at discussion. Only when two or more editors force him, via 3RR, does he enter discussion, and often that too is only a single comment material is highly relevant and cited and then reverts again. If overruled, he waits several days and then comes back to revert his version.

It's weariesome.

The big difference in this case, from a month ago, I saw the offense, I reported it, and I'm done with it. I will no longer engage Smee on the edit warring and reverting level where he plays.

If wiki wants to pursue a warning, fine.. if not, thats fine too.

Thanks again. Peace in God. Lsi john 03:42, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

If I must....

But can I get rid of his trolling when he's been blocked? One Night In Hackney303 05:10, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

  • My sock-o-meter has pinged into the red as this guy is making identical edits to a previous anon, far as I can see. Best off leaving the talk page comments be until it's resolved. I don't know enough of the history here to make a definitive call - Alison ☺ 05:13, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Yamla and Tyrenius do. Basically any new account or IP that turns up on that page is likely to be Chadbryant. If you check this edit the IP changed the category, and much earlier the IP made this edit saying "Hi, Dink!". That on its own doesn't mean much, but you need to delve into the whole Chadbryant situation to know he had a constant thorn in his side using many many sockpuppets. The most recent example is on the Mike Knox article where they were going at it, with one adding a BLP violation about Chadbryant and the other removing it, see here. The diff where he used the "Dink" name to his adversary has since been oversighted, but you can see the aftermath on his talk page. One Night In Hackney303 05:19, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
User talk:Mel Etitis/Chadbryant vandals might help as well. One Night In Hackney303 05:32, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Job done. Thanks for being patient with me. I needed to follow through properly - Alison ☺ 06:10, 4 May 2007 (UTC)`
I don't mind being patient, as it's always better to check your facts than rush in and get it completely wrong, just ask Betacommand ;) One Night In Hackney303 06:16, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm sure I would have noticed myself, had I not been having some dinner. One Night In Hackney303 23:03, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Excuses, excuses. :) Special tonight is Peking Duck - enjoy ... - Alison ☺ 23:11, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
To be fair that's the same IP he was using before, so really you should have blocked it yesterday ;) One Night In Hackney303 23:17, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh, picky picky =:-) - Alison ☺ 23:21, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

thanks for tidying up my article

Thanks for tidying up my Oxygen_Enhancement_Ratio article. I hope to make it more dteailed as I get more time. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nuclearj (talk • contribs) 07:04, 4 May 2007 (UTC).

Dear Alison


Dear Alison, I hope you have a beautiful weekend,
and I wish to see that friendly green sig of yours
crossing paths with my own greenish one as often as possible :)

Have a wonderful day! :)
Phaedriel
09:25, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

I dropped something in your mail.

WP:RFPP on WP:BAN

Replied there, with diffs of the deletion/restoration/deletion/restoration since unprotection. I realize this isn't all taking place within a 24-hour span, but it shouldn't be taking place at all. Let the MFD reach a conclusion, and then have the policy page abide by that conclusion, whatever it is, but let's not have the deletions taking place while the MFD's still running. -- Ben TALK/HIST 07:46, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I'm sorry. I see your reasoning okay, but it's still not justified. Not with the number of reversions that's occurred and the recovery times. Protection policy is still not meant to be applied in that manner. This has come up on RPP a number of times now and has been rejected each time. - Alison ☺ 07:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Mount Shasta

Hi Alison, please visit Talk:Mount Shasta. The anon-IP-hopping reference-deleter has finally decided to state his case on the talk page, and an extensive discussion has ensued. Thanks. --Seattle Skier (talk) 12:01, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Cheers

Thanks for that, it gets on my nerves when Admins believe that the rules dont apply to them. Gherkin30 13:59, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Why thank you

I was just looking at that. RMS quacking like a duck. One Night In Hackney303 17:12, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

 Done Blocked. Editor reverted to Robert's exact version, along with the POV quotes. Too obvious. I'd actually spotted that edit and the bot revert but had waited for the next move. I didn't have to wait long - Alison ☺ 17:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Indeed. I've just put an NPOV tag on Adams for now, as there's still slight disagreement over how his "alleged" IRA membership should be presented so I don't want to rush into restoring it yet. One Night In Hackney303 17:22, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Good call. Don't rush into reverting it! Just bring it up on the talk page and get Stu' and the others to agree to whatever you guys are agreed on - Alison ☺ 17:24, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
The protected edit request template could do with being removed now, I'd do it myself but I don't think the correct procedure is just to remove it. Thanks. One Night In Hackney303 18:14, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Done! :) - Alison ☺ 18:17, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
After seeing this, that article makes much more sense now! One Night In Hackney303 00:14, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, exactly. Look who prot'd the template ;) Have to say, the imagery in that vandalism kinda tickled me a bit. Something about Mitchell McG having a go at wee Gerry with a lump hammer in the opulent offices of Stormont while they're all sitting around sipping tea or whatever they do there .... - Alison ☺ 00:19, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Well I never got to see it till now, as I checked the previous edits when the editor started inserting nonsense on SF. And he had the temerity to stop after his final warning as well! One Night In Hackney303 00:27, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Although I may have spoken too soon.... One Night In Hackney303 00:29, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism at Nathan {disam)

Thanks for removing obscene vandalism at Nathan (disambiguation), presumably following the work of the editor whom you blocked. Unfortunately you left the preceding edit which was also vandalism; it's always worth checking the history on pages like this. Best wishes! - Fayenatic london (talk) 21:54, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Nenyedi

I apologize if my opinion was illrelevent to the matter of being an administrator, or trivial, and I've voiced my opinion, and won't repeat it again.--U.S.A. cubed 00:15, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Pardon? Are you miffed with me because I questioned your statement re. AIV? Why were you being so defensive over there? I cut the conversation short at that point because I detected your annoyance and didn't want to start a conflict in some guy's RfA ... - Alison ☺ 00:15, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Well, then I apologize of that aswell. I was refering to this statement of yours: " "it's not a conversation for here". And that meant that I did carry a conversation I shouldn't have, and I apologize.--U.S.A. cubed 00:21, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Ah! The "it's not a conversation for here" comment was not specifically directed at you, rather it was meant for myself. Make sense? - Alison ☺ 00:23, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Yes, that makes sense, and I just wanted to assure you that I was not annoyed, and thank you truley for your consideration.--U.S.A. cubed 00:25, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
No problem :) - Alison ☺ 00:25, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Pardon?

Allie, I'm not quite sure what your last comment means. But if it was a comment in relation to my suggestion to the last editor of Humping, which both you and Ryan appear to have picked up on immediately (why?) then my suggestion was in fact a wholly serious one. I am medically qualified, with a lot of psychiatric experience, and in my opinion that user needs help.--Anthony.bradbury 00:58, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Regardless of which way you interpret their actions, they certainly have issues. There's no question about that. When it comes to sophomoric vandalism like that, you have to wonder what thought process actually strings imagery like that together. Re. imagery, I once worked with the Irish Customs on a kidporn case & I had to ... ummm ... break into a computer which they suspected contained illegal images. It did & I'll not forget it too soon :( - Alison ☺ 01:05, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
My suggestion to seek medical advice was not a casual comment; I meant it. I suspect that the editor in question will not do so, even if s/he sees it. There are many, many disturbed people in the world, and while I do my best to help them, I can only stretch so far.--Anthony.bradbury 01:34, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
You have to adopt an attitude of RBI, though, as there's so much of that here. Either that, or go off the deep-end from stress and frustration. I barely even saw that editor's commentary, other than to tag them as yet another penis vandal doing their best to shock. Maybe I'm getting numbed to it all ... - Alison ☺ 03:29, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

!

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Alison, I award you the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar in apprechiation of your excellent vandal-fighting. Keep it up! Mystytopia (talk) 01:20, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Crazy

I am going to assume that that edit was meant for User:Ed. I hope.--Anthony.bradbury 01:23, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Yup! - Alison ☺ 01:24, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for blocking those IPs that were reverting Concordia College & University. The best ways of handling these situations aren't always clear at first. --orlady 01:30, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Kyle Whittingham

No problem, feel free to go ahead and semi if you would like. It looks to me like the edits have petered off over the last few hours (nothing for 7 hours when I declined), so it seems to me that no protection is needed. I am interested in what your edit summary "stepped on deskana's protect" means though, since Deskana never protected that page. Could you explain? Prodego talk 03:30, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

  • My autofill buffer kindly placed that there for me before I had time to catch it. I was too busy rolling back my changes. Oops! I felt bad about that particular article as the editor who requested it had desperately tried to protect the page themselves (with the template - *sigh*) only to have themselves mocked by the vandals. They kinda needed a break & their frustration was showing ... - Alison ☺ 03:35, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: Your comments

Thank you for your comments, I understand that anyone can post warnings however the user in question implied that he would block me, which he can not do, besides the fact that the original comment was not a personal attack at all, and as User:Theresa Knott has confirmed there is no grounds for a block, so i think it is safe to say that the whole issue was just inappropriately escalated by Gherkin30.

thanks for your understanding!

(Anna Vida 05:03, 5 May 2007 (UTC))

  • I have to agree with your analysis there, unfortunately. While your rant to Jimbo was definitely a rant, it was probably in the correct place :) Gherkin30 should not have said what he did as it only inflamed the situation and as a new editor, you're perfectly welcome here & don't worry about making mistakes. If you need any help or anything, just give me a shout here. - Alison ☺ 05:14, 5 May 2007 (UTC)


Quick request

Hey, I'm going offline. If you're going to around a little longer, could you keep a watch on Lesbian and Homosexuality for me? Some editor seems to feel those articles are incomplete without a link to some silly survey about lesbians being more likely to be overweight. If he adds it again he made need to be asked to stop revert warring :-). WjBscribe 05:37, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm concerned that a respected editor would consider a published academic paper in a scholarly journal "a silly survey." It's just these sort of sources we desire most in our articles. After all, we're writing an encyclopedia. Is there anything you can do to help facilitate this goal? Rklawton 03:38, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Actually its the subject of the survey I find silly- not the standing of the paper. I particularly don't like the use of a report of the survey (which is brief and scant on detail). It doesn't tell us how many of the 6000 women (which already isn't a huge sample) were lesbians - but statistically its likely to only have been about 3 or 4 %. Thats very few lesbians involved in the survey. I also think including it as a stand-alone piece in a long and broad article is problematic. It may have some place in an article about health issues of the LGBT community or a section on this, but is not nearly notable enough a survey to be flagged up so dramatically. WjBscribe 03:46, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
That's exactly it. It seems utterly trivial when it's not got any context. Given that the numbers just aren't statistically significant enough, not much can be concluded. It's an interesting data point but one cannot infer much from it. - Alison ☺ 04:02, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
WjB, are your concerns based on your reading of the published research or on your reading of the media's reporting of this research? I suspect the latter because an academic paper would address these concerns. Media reporting, on the other hand, is often silly. Starting with the line in your response above "I also think..." - I agree with you entirely. To wit: the current version (since reverted) was flagged up too dramatically. As you say, it belongs in a section about health issues. However, it turns out that no such article or section exists. I brought this matter up here and met with resistance from two editors. As I noted below, I think such a section could be used to great benefit in fighting ignorance. Rklawton 04:04, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Homosexuality

3) I understand scientific findings are not always embraced by society (Doctor Kinsey dealt with this his whole life) none the less no matter how unpopular they are legitimate scientific finding published in a legitimate publication should be respected not censored on Wikipedia.

BTW Getting your friends to revert for you is a clear violation of the idea behind the 3rr. Burntapple 06:18, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Quotes out of Australian newspapers aren't exactly 'scientific', regardless of what they're referring to, and bringing up the old chestnut of 'censorship' doesn't help. It's plainly non-notable here. Nor am I "reverting for" anyone here, other than noting that you were already way over the 3RR limit even before I got there. Now I see that another editor has brought the matter to your attention so it should be readily apparent to you at this stage exactly where the problem is here. - Alison ☺ 06:25, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

So because it's in an Australian newspaper it's not scientific?

The newspaper was quoting the findings of Boston University [6] Burntapple 06:34, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Like I said, it's plainly non-notable and not germane to either article. For some reason, you just want to revert and revert and revert until it somehow sticks, yet you've failed to either discuss it on the relevant talk pages nor give your rationale for including it other than stating that it's 'scientific'. - Alison ☺ 06:49, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
What matters is not the fact that Boston U. authored the paper but that American Journal of Public Health published it. This makes it both academic and notable. However, neither this article nor the Lesbian or Gay articles have sections detailing health-related matters (if I've overlooked something, please bring it to my attention). As a result, this bit of information about an obesity correlation seems to have no home, and it's inclusion in these articles appears out of place.
Personally, I think that both the Gay and Lesbian articles should have "health" sections with mental and physical health subsections. Obviously these sections will become lightning rods for POV pushers, but managed carefully, they can become quite useful for myth-busting. The B.U. study/revert war simply highlights the need for such sections. Rklawton 16:03, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
I think that's a very fair suggestion, actually. It's encyclopedic but, like you say, it would be quagmire of POV from all sides. Maybe bring it up over on WT:LGBT and see what the folks there think. There may actually be an article already which addresses this. - Alison ☺ 16:50, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Done. Rklawton 19:17, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Great! I'm just heading out here but when I get back, I'll pop over there and comment - Alison ☺ 19:40, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
As always, I look forward to your participation. Rklawton 19:41, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

So long as there is a place for the scientists findings on wikipedia I have no problem. Burntapple 00:45, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

"you're pushing the same links"

"you're pushing the same links" I'll thank you to keep a civil tounge.

I am not "pushing" anything.

I am trying to figure out where to best place these scientific findings on wikipedia. Burntapple 06:21, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I have a civil tongue, thanks. And yes, I stand by what I said just there. What you're actually doing is trying to find a home for that non-notable newspaper reference and trying to squeeze it in where you can. And it's just not wanted - Alison ☺ 06:29, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Lack of civility = Alison? That equation does not work.... --Kzrulzuall Talk• Contribs 06:37, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't like being accused of "pushing" links and yes that is a barbed description. Burntapple 06:39, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I'd have thought Jo Brand would be an ideal place for the link ;) Also this young man is pushing his luck somewhat. One Night In Hackney303 06:48, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Oi!! BTW - I love this line; "men are fantastic – as a concept" :) - Alison ☺ 06:51, 5 May 2007 (UTC) (ps: Jo Brand is not a lesbian. Don't tell anyone!) - Alison ☺ 06:51, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
I know, but I'm struggling to come to terms with it. For years and years most people thought she was, and it's only in the last 10 minutes I've discovered otherwise. Plus I didn't want to miss the chance to crack the joke.... One Night In Hackney303 06:54, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Heh! Something to do with stereotypes, methinks. But yeah, I'm not a big fan myself, have to say. She rubs me up the wrong way. Mind you, she was awesome on the Trinny and Tranny show a few months back. A total makeover and she looked only amazing :) - Alison ☺ 06:58, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
BTW - I point you in the direction of that last category mentioned on the end of my userpage ;) - Alison ☺ 07:01, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
I'd already noticed that, and chose my words very carefully accordingly. The same can't be said for "She rubs me up the wrong way" :; One Night In Hackney303 07:03, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
OMG!!! And it was Jo Brand, too .... *shudder* - Alison ☺ 07:05, 5 May 2007 (UTC) (blush)

a reuest

please read the editsumamry i mafde which is hte longest i did, it shows some of my rasoning, which is i think quite accurate.

a punishment that freuqntly kills the punished i think is able to be called "unspeakbly severe"... any place that allows pedophiles to enter into educational positions is underscreened, etc —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 142.167.127.98 (talk) 07:30, 5 May 2007 (UTC).

  • You need to understand this. You went way over the limit on your revert-warring on Canadian residential school system (at least 5 reverts in one hour), you were causing disruption and you refused to discuss the matter with anyone until this message. Then you accused me of First Nations bias [7] which I find offensive in the extreme on a number of levels. You are now blocked for revert-warring for 24 hours. Please do come back after this time and try to re-work your changes on the talk page with other editors this time. One particular editor asked for the page to be protected to lock you out of editing it. I found this inappropriate and tried to work with you instead. You refused - Alison ☺ 07:37, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

revert war or wp:te needs attention

It appears that EstherRice and Jeffrire may be edit-warring at Talk:Landmark Education.

They seem to be attempting to revert to a rather old version of the article (and thus lose numerous corrections/adjustments/changes), rather than editing going-forward based on the current content.

Several attempts at discussion have met with resistance.

If you can help out, it would be appreciated. Lsi john 13:46, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Hi John. They don't seem to be revert-warring on the article itself (yet!) so I think we're okay for the moment. I note that you're trying to mediate on the talk page & that's all good. Try to get them to clearly state their differences and take it from there - Alison ☺ 16:53, 5 May 2007 (UTC) (just woke up here)
  • Alison, they (whoever they are) appear to have brought in another editor to revert the same [old version]

It does not appear that any of the reverting editors are willing to discuss it at all. It's simply a matter of brute force reverting. Lsi john 04:31, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure how [this] is supposed to be done, but thats my best effort. Lsi john 04:33, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

And [again] / [here]. Lsi john 13:47, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I'm not sure what to do here, John. It looks like a you-and-Smee thing again :( All you can do is keep a cool head (as you are) and state your case. If people are revert-warring on an article, best off to remind them of 3RR and report them if they go over the top - Alison ☺ 17:17, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

J-Pad semi-protect danke

Thanks for the semi-protect on the Padalecki. It was getting really tiresome reverting all the unsourced changes about who he was dating, and the general dumb vandalism. If it was at least clever, it'd be entertaining, ya know? Strangely, the vandalism on his Supernatural co-star's page isn't that bad. Guess he's too old for the average vandal to care about, huh? Maybe one day they'll realize that some things get better with age. Keep the good work continuing! :) --Ebyabe 18:48, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Guess who?

Quack quack. One Night In Hackney303 19:08, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Would you join in the arbitration case?

Hi, earlier you had indicated that you would be willing to comment on the arbitration case involving NYScholar. The case has been accepted here: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/NYScholar. I realize your interaction with this user was limited, but I have a feeling that the case is going to be sticky and would benefit from the involvement of cooler heads. I've found the user to be quite abusive (as documented on my talk page and on his (see especially [8]), as well as the copious verbiage he left on the Talk:Lewis Libby page). This is my first involvement with an arbitration action, so I'm trying to piece together the case very carefully. Thanks! Notmyrealname 02:53, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Sure. No problem at all. My involvement with the editor in question was peripheral (I answered a WP:RPP case which turned into a 3RR case which ended up with said editor getting abusive. I've added myself to the RfA and will provide a statement + evidence later - Alison ☺ 03:57, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Sorry. This is terribly offensive. In no way did I ever get "abusive". My talk page has the complete history. These are terribly outrageous statements. I suggest that Notmyrealname stop trying to enlist people in attacking me further. This is a disgrace. --NYScholar 04:00, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
My opinion still stands. The reason I recall it so well was as a result of your attitude and the fact that you 'archived' our conversation which was still ongoing at the time. I'm not going to comment on this any further at this stage but will be submitting a statement to ArbCom soon. I'm sure they'll just accordingly as to whether this is a vexatious case or not - Alison ☺ 04:05, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
I very clearly stated that I had responded to you and thought that the discussion was over. There is nothing "abusive" about such a misunderstanding. I suggest that you review the archive. It is clear and supports what I said. To accuse me of "abusive" conduct because I may have (in your view) prematurely put a discussion in my archive (which I am permitted to do Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines is clearly way off base. Again, review the record. I object to this user (Notmyrealname) attempting to enlist further attacks against me. My behavior in Wikipedia has always been entirely civil, as the other statements observe. Notmyrealname, jayjg, humus sapiens, however, engage in personal attacks and perceiving personal attacks (or saying that they do) where none exist. What happened to WP:AGF? --NYScholar 04:10, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Here is the discussion: User talk:NYScholar/Archive 4#Temple Rodef Shalom. My current talk page has prominently featured a clear note saying that I archive its contents (or move misplaced comments to the proper article talk page) at my discretion. WP:AGF. --NYScholar 04:14, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
As I said above, I'm not going to comment on this any further at this stage - Alison ☺ 04:18, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Help

Would you mind commenting here? Aaron Bowen 07:36, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

  • It looks like his current 24-hour block for 3RR is sufficient for the moment. Note that blocks are meant to prevent disruption and not be punitive. In this case, there's already an RfC open & it should be interesting to see how that progresses. In the meantime, I have to assume that the current block is warranted and will be be effective and I do not feel it is appropriate to extend it. When he returns, if he continues with the same behaviour, do let me know - Alison ☺ 07:46, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Okay, he came off the block ignored the RFC and went right back to the same kind of behavior. I doubt he'll even respond to the RFC. Aaron Bowen 07:57, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
He's been blocked for 8 hours on the 4th. When that ended, he got back to business and got a 24-hour block again. You can see where this is going, right? - Alison ☺ 08:00, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

ACB

Oops!!! Sorry I missed that. Must be getting tired. Thanks for the message. Kukini hablame aqui 07:52, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Well done

Well done semi-protecting Mudkip; I spotted so many sneaky vandalisms and people probably read the wrong things on that article. NHRHS Class of 2010 11:45, 6 May 2007 (UTC) PS: I am User:Han Amos, but I recently changed my name to User:NHRHS2010. NHRHS Class of 2010 11:45, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

forcibly removed vs stolen

I hope you like how i tried to handle this one. as opposed to my early attemts without an account on the canadian residentail school system article.Charred Feathers 15:20, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Hi there. Glad you're back on again. I note that another editor or two has stepped in to help you on the talk page. I reckon between you all, you should be able to make changes to the article to reflect better the situation as it was. If you need any help, just let me know! - Alison ☺ 17:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Ali-oops:

A mhuirnín dílis - go gcuidí tú!! Seosaimh Mac Domhnaill 16:05, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Roibeárd! Cad faoí, a bhuachaill? "Indefblocked" anois. Slán go fóill arís :) - Alison ☺ 18:57, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Your block summary was savage, LOL

Had a look at your block message to that RMS sock ... I don't speak Irish, but found out what "slán" meant. Channeling Anne Robinson?Blueboy96 18:48, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

I was wondering would anyone notice :) - Alison ☺ 18:55, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
So what's that reply you made to him mean? Too funny ... I'm hoping to become an admin myself (tried earlier, but failed), and want to be able to recognize his socks. One of the biggest sockdrawers I've ever seen ... good Lord ...Blueboy96 19:07, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
You banned a sock with a summary of "slán", Allie? Hahahahaha, a ghalad! :) Phaedriel - 19:10, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Heh - RMS called me "darling sweetie" in the comment above. It would have been downright uncivil of me not to have said goodbye ;) - Alison ☺ 19:13, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
So what does "Roibeárd! Cad faoí, a bhuachaill? "Indefblocked" anois. Slán go fóill arís" mean? Too funny, yeah ...Blueboy96 19:17, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
It means "Robert, I wish you could stick around but you've been X'ed!--Vintagekits 19:34, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
What a shower of first rate jerks. You live to block RMS. Robert shows "true grit", he's a first class editor, and unfortunately you lot of tiny people have a pathogenic disposition to stop Robert at all costs, you miserable lot. I say, "let Robert edit", we need him. Dia duit! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.42.159.119 (talk) 22:39, 6 May 2007 (UTC).
Hi there, Mano. Speaking of first-rate jerks, the subject, RMS made the following edit to my talk page about an hour before you showed up, mocking another editor, User:Charred Feathers for his spelling and grammar. This, amongst a bunchload of other stuff, marks him as a jerk. Decorum prevents me from using a stronger term right now. This is the guy that has been banned by the community no less than twice now, and that wasn't for nothing. As I've repeatedly stated over the years (yes, years), the guy can write some excellent biographical articles. I pointed this out last week here. However, he can't keep his POV and hatred of all things Catholic in check, both on and off Wikipedia. He refuses to discuss his edits and will not work with other and some of his recent socks have been involved in interfering with votes (the Jill Teed debacle of last month). His recent "article", Camillus McElhinney, was a blatant attack on User:CPMcE, whom he despises. See for yourself - and this was from his first ban. - Alison ☺ 17:55, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
I like how much vandalism has occurred on this one talk page section alone. And nice work on the block notice, made me chuckle after I found a translator. hehe MrMacMan Talk 03:17, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
If he wants to make patronising comments towards me in Irish, he can expect to be repaid in kind - Alison ☺ 17:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Hehe, níos fearr go ceap magaidh a dhéanamh sibh a Gaeilge ná sa Béarla! Gabh mo leithscéal, níl diúltaigh do cur isteach ar comhrá a Gaeilge. Gabhaim pardún agat! :) gaillimhConas tá tú? 18:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Díreach! Ach ná abair é, a bhuachaill. B'fhearr liom ár teanga nádúrtha a chloisint ná an Béarla aon lá! Agus beidh fáilte leat é a scriobh anseo aon am :) - Alison ☺ 18:16, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Ah, go raibh míle maith agat! Scríobhfaidh mé ar ais chugat nuair a tá comhrá a Gaeilge ann! Sláinte gaillimhConas tá tú? 18:27, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Purge your cache. – Steel 21:00, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey

Hey Alison, thanks for the message on my talk. I'm feeling better now, although I'll probably be editing at a lower level for the time being. Just a bit tired of it all, maybe, and a bit busy in real life. Anyway, thanks again for your kindness, I hope to repay it some day :) All the best, – Rianaऋ 04:29, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you, and if i do need anything, it is good to know you are here.

(Anna Vida 05:56, 7 May 2007 (UTC))

  • Yep! It looks like Gherkin30 went a little off the deep end afterwards and wound up getting indefblocked. I'm here if you need me :) - Alison ☺ 17:21, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Er - Alison, Anna Vida has been indef blocked by Dmcdevit. WjBscribe 17:25, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
      • Oops! Well, well :) She probably won't be needing any help, so. I've been away over the weekend and am playing catch-up here. Gherkin30 got indefblocked for starting a harassment campaign in which she featured (and, Theresa Knott, apparently [9]) - Alison ☺ 17:29, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
        • Yes I just denied Gherkin30 his unblock request. He claimed we should unblock him because of his history. But I once had to block him because he'd gone on a vandalism rampage. I unblocked because he said his nephew had used his computer while it was unattended though I was hesitant as he'd previously been caught in an autoblock. I know see very little reason to AGF in his case. WjBscribe 17:36, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

the ip and Canadian Residential school system

User:142.167.127.98 got past his block and started doing the same edits without actually bothering with the talk page. I'm sad about this; I figured they were interested in helping. I've tried steering them to talk, but I think they're so caught up on their POV that they're going to need more blocking. I'd put this out for a general IP thing, but you were involved last night so you know the history rather than someone who might just have stats to go on. --Thespian 07:43, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

what are you going on about? i put exactly why i was making changes on the talk page, and im not being pointed in my view.Charred Feathers 14:58, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey, My First Vandalism to my Talk Page!

I must've arrived! Thanks for fixing it for me. --Thespian 17:14, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Must be doing something right! Congratulations, I think :) And, BTW - thanks for getting involved with the Canadian Residential Schools article and helping that guy out. That's really good of you. I know you're more of a recent changes patroller but stopping to help out that editor really makes the difference - Alison ☺ 17:23, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Really, I'm more gnomic; I do recent changes, I love finding random cites about things I don't care about, and I do a lot of copyediting (keeps my old Journalism school skills sharp). I suppose I *should* write more, but there's so much *else* here to do, and I have the attention span of a gnat. --Thespian 17:32, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Wiki riot 2007

Prepare!! During wikimania 2007 hundreds of vandals will flood wikipedia vandilizing whatever they can. If you will not be at wikimania be on during August 3-5 to help defend wikipedia's articles and reputation. Send this as may wikipedians as you can. Spred the word!! Kinglou135

There's a 100,000+ editors who won't be at Wikimania and who won't put up with their favorite articles being tampered with. This will be a great learning point for the press. They'll miss it, of course. Rklawton 19:22, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Exactly! The vast amount of vandal reversion is done my non-admin editors, including anon editors. And tools like Twinkle make that even easier. Not only that but dealing with vandals is only a small part of what admins do. CSD drudgery, anyone? And, yes, we'll be just fine during WikiMania. And yes, too, the press will entirely miss the point - Alison ☺ 19:33, 7 May 2007 (UTC) (have you secured your password, BTW?)
Is that parenthetical question part of your new sig? Pretty trendy! Rklawton 19:35, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Custom made especially for you! - Alison ☺ 19:37, 7 May 2007 (UTC) (you never answered! :) )

I've removed that para from the article [10]. Appears to have zero sources and we are not a crystall ball (nevermind beans). A lot of admins won't be going to WikiMania anyway... WjBscribe 19:39, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Good call. Added by a WP:SPA, by the way ... - Alison ☺ 19:43, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Interesting

[11] :-) WjBscribe 19:04, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

WTF is going on today??? Three rogues in two days. Same articles being hit - Alison ☺ 19:09, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
It looks like we're in the midst of an admin-hacking spree. Fortunately, I changed my password to something insanely long and random just this morning. I suggest all admins do the same. Cheers, Rklawton 19:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Mine's not in English in case you couldn't have guessed :) And it contains non-alphas & is about a mile long. Looks to me like a concerted effort to take over as many unsecured sysop accounts as possible. Luckily, none of them have figured out the Really Bad Thing To Do (pass the beans ;) ) - Alison ☺ 19:12, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm not an administrator, but I've changed my password anyway. This is ridiculous. Acalamari 19:16, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
That's the smart thing to do anyway! Looks like you're smarter than a number of admins here - Alison ☺ 19:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I know a lot of admins have now changed their passwords to longer/more complex strings - the problem will be the hundreds of admins who aren't around and haven't realised the password "password" is a bad idea. I really think we should consider making them go through RfA to get there sysop access back. WjBscribe 19:30, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Since the hacker(s) haven't sorted out how to do the Really Bad Thing, it's all just a tempest in a tea-pot. I've read previous proposals to run our own brute force programs so we might advise admins they have an easy password, and now we have a kind user taking charge of this initiative him/herself. It's the wiki-way. Sort of. Rklawton 19:43, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Heh - true. Delete the main page and block Jimbo is the first order of business, apparently, and thus all the alarms go off. Email me for the beans business if you like, 'coz I'm not telling here - Alison ☺ 19:45, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Is your Really Bad Thing the same as my Really Bad Thing? Are you sure we should share? What would the Church say? Rklawton 19:54, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Dunno. I won't know until you tell me, and vice-versa. And yeah, I could get excommunicated :) It's probably naughty - Alison ☺ 19:59, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Two things

(a) Thanks for your support in my RFA, it happened. Three extra buttons, wooohoo! (Two) Hope you're not working too hard on the big cat, but if you are, I just want you know that there are only a few million of us counting on you...! The Rambling Man 19:51, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for page protection on Sexual roleplaying

Much appreciated... MrMacMan Talk 22:37, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

3000 edits

Hello. I am User:Han Amos (and had a bureaucrat rename me to User:NHRHS2010) and I just made my 3000th edit recently. NHRHS Class of 2010 23:24, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

You have a nice pic

:) Jtrainor 23:32, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Nom - I vote for the snarky image. We get the best of, um, both worlds (that is to say, some great Irish attitude). Rklawton 00:02, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

{{Reqscreenshot}}

Here's the other image for comparison. She looks as sweet as a nun in this one. Rklawton 00:16, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Apparently, not everyone likes that one. Something about my "clevage", it would seem. :-b - Alison ☺ 00:21, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Well I don't think so... I think this is going to come down to a WP:DR for an answer here. I think we are at a standstill. MrMacMan Talk 00:24, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Could we compromise by including both? (images) Rklawton 00:29, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Here's another image of Alison that the anti-clevage folks might approve. Rklawton 00:31, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I don't know what's going on here; many people must really like Alison's picture. You are also welcome to look at my user page as well. NHRHS Class of 2010 00:33, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
The only portrait I see on your user page looks suspiciously like a balding, middle aged, man (it's in one of your user boxes). Rklawton 00:35, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
(ec) I dunno. I see a scary pic of Rudy Giuliani - has he much in the way of cleavage? - Alison ☺ 00:36, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
-_-* I was complimenting the original picture before this fracas got started, if that makes any difference. Jtrainor 00:57, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Alison's cleavage is a frequent source of heated debate. Please try to keep a cool head when commenting here.

Snippets of "Looks great" / "Less snarky" (a variation on an old Budwieser commercial) keep flashing through my mind. I need to go find some vandals to convert. Rklawton 01:00, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Compromise

File:Alison snarly, snarky, cleavage.jpg
How about this combination? NikoSilver 09:01, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Oh, my, god. MrMacMan Talk 09:12, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
    • I was just trying to address all user concerns by incorporating both necessary elements. NikoSilver 10:10, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
      • Lol! Sweetie, if you want to show off the girls, you should feel free to ;) And I like the snarly pic better - given some recent interactions, I rather suspect it's more accurate ;) Oh, and I came here to thank you for semiprotecting my page. I took it off because baby troll needs somewhere to play, but if it gets much worse I'll probably put it back on. Cheers love, – Rianaऋ 10:12, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Scary Lool!!. :D --SkyWalker 10:19, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Gaaaaah!!! OompaLoompas!! - Alison ☺ 11:26, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
That one's just disturbing. – Steel 11:49, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
On second thought, my intention was to make the compromise solution seem worst than unconditional surrender. Hence Franky here. NikoSilver 12:01, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Alison Please Help

Thank you Alison, I knew a good person out there would do something about that. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pblass (talk • contribs) 02:32, 8 May 2007 (UTC).

I think young Mr. Blass may have a case. The section in question is titled "Influence over Florida family law in 2004" - however, since the case is still going through the Federal courts, there doesn't actually appear to by any "influence" yet. The article itself seems to be focused on pointing out the subject's faults, so an NPOV re-write may be in order here, and in doing so, this section may fall out. Thoughts? Rklawton 02:44, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I agree. I've taken the BOLD step of deleting the offending section. It'll hold things, hopefully, until the morning when I can take a closer look. Bedtime here now :) - Alison ☺ 03:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Mr. Lopez Blass, I have temporarily removed the section in question on revew of our Biographies of Living Persons policy until I can obtain further advice on the matter. I cannot guarantee that it will stay removed but I will look into the matter further. In the meantime, it has been removed - Alison ☺ 02:55, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Once again, Thank you very much Allison for your time, I do beleive it violites the Biographies of living persons, if you could keep it off it would be wonderful. My mother, father, grandparents and I would like to thank you so very much for taking this burden off our shoulders, it was something in the past that should be forgotten, and thanks to you now it can remain private.- David Lopez Blass

P.S i edited this page because of privacy, and u already know what i wanted i just dont want anyone to see what i was complaining about. Once again, thank you so much. The Blass and lopez family owe u one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pblass (talk • contribs)

query

is this a realiable source?

http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf011/sf011p01.htm

Charred Feathers 07:22, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

http://www.huemer.com/polisci2.htm

Charred Feathers 08:35, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

The first isn't a primary source - though it may help point you to some primary sources. The second is self-published and not peer reviewed at all, so no. Rklawton 12:33, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I have to agree with RK here. Note the first article, the primary source is as follows;

Childers,, W. Morlin (April 1980). "Evidence of Early Man Exposed at Yuha Pinto Wash". Am. Antiq. 45 (2). Society for American Archaeology: 297–308. doi:10.2307/279290. Retrieved 2007-05-08. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

which is {{cite journal | last = Childers, | first = W. Morlin | coauthors = Herbert L. Minshall | title = Evidence of Early Man Exposed at Yuha Pinto Wash | journal = Am. Antiq. | volume = 45 | issue = 2 | pages = 297-308 | publisher = Society for American Archaeology | date = April 1980 | url = http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-7316(198004)45%3A2%3C297%3AEOEMEA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A | doi = 10.2307/279290 | accessdate = 2007-05-08 }}

It looks like a fascinating paper, though ... - Alison ☺ 17:11, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

thing is , there aint many of us in the correct field to be taken seriously by the non native science big wigs, but if one examines our oral histories and our cultural teachings ( legends and stuff) you will find that there is a lot more to the stories then say, fables. descriptions of now lost peoples and animals.... events, cateclysms.... lots o stuff. Charred Feathers 17:43, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, and that's not to say that that information is irrelevant either, because it's not. Not everything needs to be 100% above-board and scientific; it just needs to be verifiable and not be original research. I personally don't like the way that cultural knowledge tends to get written out of these things but where it's common knowledge, it's perfectly acceptable to add "many people believe that ... " when you can show that that's the case. It's hard work, though ... - Alison ☺ 18:20, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Bobby Sands

Thanks. I appreciate it's marginal, but when you're dealing with IP edit warriors who don't listen to reason there's not really much you can do, and I don't think the removal of that category would be exempt from 3RR either.... One Night In Hackney303 16:44, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Excuse me, One Night In Hackney, I don't appreciate your personal attack. I listen to reason, too bad you don't reason, you make your edits out of hate. You attempt to suppress Irish history and I try to fight it, but obviously wikipedia has an anti-Irish bias. Hackney, it is you that lack the ability to reason, you are only a hateful person who uses wikipedia to spread your hate. 75.3.2.96 20:48, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
You were revert-warring on the article in question. Your edit summaries [12] are getting increasingly more rude and offensive. Your comments are POV in the extreme and now you're attacking other editors. And you just referred to me as a vandal. What's left to say here? - Alison ☺ 20:59, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Slán? One Night In Hackney303 22:31, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Sigh. One Night In Hackney303 22:38, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

anecdotal? poingent tho

http://www.nemasys.com/ghostwolf/Native/genocide.shtml

Charred Feathers 18:31, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Personal attacks

I was talking on my own page, there's nothing wrong with that is there? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SuckIt15 (talk • contribs)

Blocked... – Rianaऋ 19:03, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Can I ask -- was this a Sock or something because I didn't see any edits made by the account and no deletion log for the page that he apparently attacked another user on... Am i missing something obvious? lol. MrMacMan Talk 19:05, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
His now deleted userpage. And there seems to be some sort of coordinated trolling going on, too... – Rianaऋ 19:10, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
:grumble: that wasn't there when i checked the log... MrMacMan Talk 19:38, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the userpage revert. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 19:08, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Lonnie Frisbee

Thanks for the warning on those talk pages. I have started a discussion thread on the talk page for them, so that they can work it out there. We'll see whether or not it works (I have my doubts). Glad to see that there are more eyes on this. Pastor David † 20:21, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Oh hey, I was just about to send you a thank-you message, too :) And good luck with .. y'know .. that other thing. I've already weighed in with my support for actions such as this one - Alison ☺ 20:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Alison, thank you for the kind words. It really is nice when it comes from someone whom I've never had the pleasure of interacting before. The overwhelming support that I received made up for the negative and disrespectful attitude displayed by User: Tony Sideway. It never occurred to me that a hacker would waste their time hacking passwords in Wkipedia. I fixed my password and gained my admin powers back. Thank you once more. Tony the Marine 21:55, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Robert Iler Vandals

Thanks for blocking the guys! But I think you might have missed a few. —SpyMagician 05:17, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Mario Batali semi-protection

Thanks! that's all! --Myke Cuthbert 05:30, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Well GEE WILLIKERS

I purposely edit at obscure times like 12am to avoid meddlesome editors like you. GOSH.

Hah, actually I think that users created around this time miss out on the lovely cookie-cutter welcome that everyone else gets from Fang Aili, so I want to give it a try. It is kind of ironic though... ALTON .ıl 07:06, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

hello2

Can Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Lsi john be dealt with? Lsi john 07:23, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Smee think's he has his teeth into something Big. The entire username can be deleted as far as I'm concerned. I had no idea admin had any significance on wiki. And at that point, I had no idea there was even a wiki community. Lsi john 07:28, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

There's a couple of things going on here, far as I can see. Let me address them as I find them;
  • Lsi admin has been indefblocked by User:Jossi, and rightly so. It fails WP:U for having 'admin' in the name. Simple mistake to make. I blocked a guy called "technobot" for the same reason last month.
  • Strictly speaking, User:Lsi admin is a sockpuppet of yours. And, I have to say, the one and only edit was silly in the extreme [13]. What was that about?
  • Why on earth did you create a sock account? This looks really bad.
  • However the sock templates on the Lsi admin account give the impression that it was blocked for sockpuppetry whereas it was not. The block log shows this clearly.
  • This isn't really material for my talk page, guys, and is obviously a whole lot bigger. It's not going to get sorted out here. Personally, you two should try to avoid each other if at all possible; you both just don't get on.
  • This looks like it needs to go for an RfC or Arbitration at this stage.
Smee - seeing as you're here now. What's your position on this??? - Alison ☺ 07:44, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I also requested User:Lsi admin for delete. same reason. Lsi john 07:34, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I didn't even think of asking for it to be deleted. It didnt matter. But now that you want to turn it into some sort of smoking gun, it probably should be deleted.. But on second thought... leave it. it will keep you busy chasing more ghosts. Lsi john 07:44, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Alison, I was actually trying to save the admins time and stoping conspiracy insanity before it got out of hand. Its truly insane. Like so far beyond insane that it gives insane a whole new meaning. The only good thing will be another UNRELATED on Smee's guess-list fishing trips to the proverbial SOCK pond. I've removed the speedy tags. I really dont care what Smee does with it. If anyone actually takes it seriously.. well thats on them. Peace in God. Lsi john 07:51, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay. Smee 07:54, 9 May 2007 (UTC).
I'm going to have to go here. Long day. I'll see what I can do tomorrow but in the meantime, if you need an immediate response, maybe file it over on WP:ANI? 'night all .... - Alison ☺ 08:00, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Have a good night! Smee 08:01, 9 May 2007 (UTC).

Sockpuppetry

Ok - it's morning again here now. I've looked over the creation dates and activities of the two accounts in question here and believe there is no case of sockpuppetry to be answered, at least not amongst these two accounts. The username block and the dates make it quite clear that it was a newbie mistake on Lsi john's part. I see this has all moved to WP:ANI again so I'll address it over there - Alison ☺ 19:22, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

  • After this was clarified for me by a neutral, previously un-involved editor, I placed a speedy-delete tag at the associated category page. Smee 19:30, 9 May 2007 (UTC).
    • Ah, okay. Problem is, of course, is that it now looks like harassment or, at least, would cause John's paranoia levels to get kicked up a notch. Which, unfortunately, now appears to have happened. - Alison ☺ 19:35, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
      • I too, felt paranoid, when in the beginning of my foray into the project, I also felt that I was being harassed at times, followed around, and policies were quoted at me that I did not understand or even knew existed! I tried to empathize with User:Lsi john and state as much on his talk page recently, but perhaps you are correct, and we all just need a break, for that kicked up a notch paranoia levels to quiet down on all of our parts... Smee 19:39, 9 May 2007 (UTC).
        • Mmm. Agreed on all points there although you are by far the more experienced editor. You guys both need to either take a wikibreak or keep waaay away from each other, somehow. The latter is unlikely as you have mutual interests and it didn't work for long last time. - Alison ☺ 19:46, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
        • There's also the matter of this being deliberately populated from the now-deleted cat page, and the request for it to be left around. What's the purpose of this? - Alison ☺ 19:53, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
        • Why is it that it seems to be the same editor, time and again, who shoves the rules down my throat? Why is it the same editor, time and again, who reverts my 3O request to his own wording, and then finds out that my wording and my question were proper? This isn't just once. This isn't paranoid. This is a documented pattern of repeated involvement by one editor. If I forget a signature, smee is there to add it. If I put a welcome on a userpage, smee is there to remove it. If i put 2 article tags in an article where smee is NOT currently editing.. WACK smee shows up and reverts one of the tags. paranoid? naw. its real enough. he's just that good and clever.. and smeagol nice. smeagol good. dont hurt smeagol. everybody loves smeagol... sarcasm? yes. appropriate? probably not. frustrated as hell? yes. smee knows it? absolutely. smee laughing his ass off? oh yea, no doubt. Lsi john 19:51, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Alison, Glad we can agree on this. A break may be a good idea, but as I stated on the user's talk page, I am going to attempt to avoid further posting on particular talk pages as he requests... Smee 19:52, 9 May 2007 (UTC).
        • And if he isnt laughing, and if he is truly concerned, then he'd clean all this up.. right now.. simple and fast.. he could ya know.. its his choice.. i'm not following him.. and he isnt accusing me of it. As you said, alison, he's the senior editor. He doesn't need to prove he's tougher, I already know it. he doesnt have to prove he's more powerful, I already know it. I just want to edit wiki, unmolested. Lsi john 19:54, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
          • There's far more to this than either of you are 'fessing up to. Here's the thing, though; both of you - both of you need to back off from each other. Go take a break, John, or go edit something else for a while. I already made this suggestion last month to you. If you're not enjoying editing Wikipedia, that's prolly a clear sign to take a break. When I said that Smee was around longer, that was my saying that they should have known better re. quoting policy and where it comes from. Seniority doesn't imply greater respect in my book - trust me on that one. - Alison ☺ 19:58, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Alison, could you take a moment and read this: [here] and explain why it was necessary for him to drop in?

And, this one: [here] and explain why someone couldn't agree to that in good faith? Within minutes of that last refusal, Krator issued a 3O which suggested that if the editor was still active he should be given a chance to revert his own article tags... in direct agreement with what I wanted smee to agree to.. I wasn't asking him for any of his rights, i was asking him to promise not to play games, and he refused multiple times.

plese read those two.. and I'll stop documenting. Those two are fairly clear on their own. Lsi john 19:58, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

btw, excellent neutral observation:

"There's also the matter of this being deliberately populated from the now-deleted cat page, and the request for it to be left around. What's the purpose of this? - Alison ☺ 19:53, 9 May 2007 (UTC)"

Thank you for taking time to see that. Lsi john 20:01, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Alison, though I had thought that when pages on Wikipedia get deleted, it is customary to leave the talk page in place, I respect the comment of you, a neutral and previously uninvolved editor. As such, I have tagged Category talk:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Lsi john as {{db-author}}. Smee 20:15, 9 May 2007 (UTC).
    • Thank you for that. The issue was not that talk pages hang around after the article/cat is deleted, but that you moved information from the cat page before the speedy tag went on and marked the talk page as to explicitly not be deleted, thus neatly avoiding losing the content which was contentious in the first place. Re. to my earlier 'paranoia' comment, etc. Whether you intended this or not, it could have been construed as harassment - Alison ☺ 20:20, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
      • Oh. I can understand how that could be construed, but nevertheless, I heed to your neutral commentary, and the content is gone, per my request for speedy deletion. Alison, I also want to take a moment to thank you for staying so polite and WP:CIVIL yourself, in this whole shebang. You have some patience, thank you, your kind demeanor is most appreciated. Smee 20:24, 9 May 2007 (UTC).
        • Thank you, Smee :) I'm trying to AGF on everyone's part here but both of you are locked into something here, and it's not good. I'm not sure what the resolution needs to be here, but both of you are a regular feature on my talk page these days! It's pretty obvious here, too, that John feels attacked and is getting more and more frustrated while you seem to be keeping your cool .... which is probably making it worse! :) What to do ... - Alison ☺ 20:30, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
          • Alison, I am going to do the only other thing that I think I can do, and that is to take as many related pages as possible off of my watchlist, so the user does not feel "harassed". Again, thank you most kindly for your WP:CIVIL and of course for your WP:AGF. But I am now going to take your talk page off of my watchlist as well. Thank you again. Yours, Smee 20:46, 9 May 2007 (UTC).

Since you've been a ridiculously helpful editor... (aka I'm bothering you again)

Hi Alison, its your friendly neighborhood MacMan here. I'm going to be a bother again asking for your advice. I've been stressing over an unresolved admin noticeboard incident report for the past few days. My worry has grown seeing as how I have also learned that 2 previous incident reports about the same user have gone 'uncommented' about and have disappeared into the archive pages. (see later comments in link above) I hope that this isn't misconstrued as 'canvassing' but I don't see many other options. I'm just looking for someone to comment. I have brought the report out of the archive manually, 'bumped' the report so it doesn't fall back into the archive, broke protocol and have contacted other editors as well as asked about what can be done on the incident talk page. This isn't 'time pressing', but the first incident report was filed over a week ago and I'm hoping to get some closure for the involved editors. Perhaps I overlooked something obvious or a better place to file such a request? Anyway, have a good day, MrMacMan Talk 07:26, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Hi MacMan. I'm really sorry but I'm totally burned out here now. 1am here and I've to be up for 6. Can I possibly look into this tomorrow? - Alison ☺ 07:48, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
    • As long as someone at sometime does I'm perfectly happy. MrMacMan Talk 07:49, 9 May 2007 (UTC) edit: my friend just told me that reads as sarcastic, i didn't mean it to me -- it means that whenever you are free I certainly don't need immediate action. MrMacMan Talk 07:50, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
      • I'll see what I can do. I took a peek and there's a long tale to it. I'm not sure where you are, planet-wise, but you could maybe hit up one of the European or Asian admins if needs be? I'll be glad to take it on but it'll be tomorrow at this rate ... - Alison ☺ 07:52, 9 May 2007 (UTC) (ec: it kinda did, actually!)
        • Eek, i don't want to come across as mean to one of my favorite wikipedians! (BTW, you perked my interest with that last statement... is there a list of european or asian admins for that reason -- to have a faster response rate because of time zones?) In any event I still prefer your skill and expertise over random other admins. Thanks, MrMacMan Talk 08:25, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
          • (now I'm unsure of what timezone your in) are you online? MrMacMan Talk 00:20, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
            • I'm on now. Let's take a look .... - Alison ☺ 00:21, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
              • The editor the incident report was mainly about User:Gon4z has just come back online after not making edits for the past few days... looks like he's doing the same thing he did before the 3RR temp block. I even saw that he removed the references list then he changed the number that the reference gave to number of bunker (from 700,000 to 750,000), later giving another different number (1,000,000) with no apparent source. I really want to keep my hands off these changes, but he's changing every article he was involved in. MrMacMan Talk 02:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
              • I'm sorry for harping here but he's already accusing me of having an 'aversion towards Albanians or me, so you and your companion are prosing slurs with intend to make Albania appear feeble to the world.' I don't want to get into a edit war over the same articles and I'm praying someone takes notice. I don't want to put too much pressure on you on this and I'm still praying someone make a comment on the the ANI but until then it seems like your the only one who has responded to me yet. (again I'm sorry for harping and badgering, I just want it to be looked at). A very sorry MrMacMan Talk 03:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
                • Commented on his talk page. I'm awaiting some sort of explanation for his position here. I've dug through bunches of edits here & phew - this is complex - Alison ☺ 04:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
                  • :gives you a big hug: I know it's a lot of stuff to pour over and your my hero for being the only one brave and bold enough to actually make a coment. Alas, I hope giving hugs over the internet isn't inappropriate. MrMacMan Talk 04:54, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
                    • No problem! Let's see how he responds ... - Alison ☺ 05:40, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
                      • Well, I think we got our answer; he was phenomenally rude, first blanking his talk page and my question, then responding in the snarky manner below. In the meantime, another admin stepped in and blocked him for 48 hours for other personal attacks - Alison ☺ 23:38, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
                        • Well another 48 hours of peace. I really appreciate you taking a look I know it was a lot of stuff to look over. If he comes back in and makes more of the same reverts reverts I'm probably going to go and take this to some format body. I don't think WP:3O would work since there is multiple editors involved. From previous experience I don't trust WP:RFC as I've filed a few RFC and none have been commented about, but maybe the specific WP:RFC/USER is better. What type of mediation is above that, I'm assuming WP:RFM but it looks like you need to go through another mediation process for your case to be accepted. Anyway you're a rockstar. MrMacMan Talk 00:37, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Please stop

Please stop removing valid categories from topics which you clearly know nothing about. 75.3.2.96 20:49, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for rolling back those edits at Holliston, Massachusetts! I see you've blocked the vandal for 31 hours. He messed up a bunch of articles relating to towns in Massachusetts, and I didn't have to undo 22 edits by hand, which I thought I might have had to. Anyways, thanks again! Cool Bluetalk to me 00:01, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

  • No problem. You wouldn't have to undo by hand, though. Just click on the 'edit history' and choose the last sane version. Click 'edit' and save with an explanation and viola - rollback done! :) - Alison ☺ 00:03, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Question about admin reverting AfD

Is is appropriate for an admin to revert a VfD out of hand? Please review CyberPower PCs. Perhaps I was hasty in my nom, but the article surely stinks of advertising. Regardless, I think the admin who reverted should have given a better explaination. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bayyoc (talk • contribs) 04:01, 10 May 2007 (UTC).

In fact, this same admin seems to be purging all sorts of VfD. I've been away from Wiki as an editor for a while, but this seems highly irregular.Bayyoc 04:03, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

It seems what happened is that Sr13 reverted hastily when he saw a redlink AfD nom. I've restore the AfD tag to the article and readded the correct disussion to today's list of AfDs... WjBscribe 04:50, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I also deleted the incorrectly named AfD :-) WjBscribe ... 04:52, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Oops! :) - Alison ☺ 05:39, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Linda Martin

Thanks for protecting the article. Was pretty sick, wasn't it! Just as well I saw it and removed the comments - as she's reading out Ireland's votes for Eurovision this week I imagine more people might be looking at the page! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Matt.berlin (talk • contribs) 04:10, 10 May 2007 (UTC).

And oops, sorry for not signing Matt.berlin 04:13, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Talk Wikipedia community

I noticed last night that you commented about keeping the page protected which is fine with me. What I would like to know is how do I handle [[14]]? He has been very rude and uncivil and now is accusing me of being a meat puppet which I had to look up to understand. I am not ameat puppet or asock puppet or a single purpose account as you can see by my edits in my short time during Wikipedia. I try to always be civil and polite. This Ned Scott is vulgar at times and apparently it's his way or no way. He apparently has a problem with an editor Quackguru. I came across the article Wikipedia community and thought it would be a good article and safe to edit on since most that I have been on has either been medical or political. Then I have this person making accusation about me. What, if anything can be done to stop his unrelenting behavior? I have a mentor but I hate to have him step into this unbelievable mess. A comment or advice would be appreciated about this matter. Would I be better off just leaving and just ignoring this uncivil comment he made last? Thanks for your time, --Crohnie 11:30, 10 May 2007 (UTC)


Please help

Alison. My recent posting on this page was deleted without reply. Can you please tell me how I should deal with people who protect articles? Many thanks.--Grinning Idiot 16:34, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

  • You asked 3 questions. Answers: 1). How should I deal with people who protect articles? (that was the original question) 2). Anybody 3). Yes.

Please do not dismiss me. People protect articles. Give WP some credibility by addressing my concerns.--Grinning Idiot 16:41, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

  • You'll have to be a little more specific than that. I'm certainly not dismissing you here; on the contrary. WP credibility doesn't rest on my shoulders, BTW. I'm just some editor ... - Alison ☺ 17:05, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
  • I'm asking generally. How does one normally deal with article protectors? General question. I'm asking you because you have questioned my edits previously. "Just some editor" or not, you are not a good representative of WP if you assist those who block the truth.--Grinning Idiot 17:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
  • I have certainly questioned your behaviour, whatever about your edits. You were reported for revert-warring on the drought article and you threatened to escalate to a revert-war [15]. You refused to enter into dialog because you were right. Now I note that you've just insulted User:Rebecca [16]. I protect articles against abuse, I do not "assist those who block the truth" (for various definitions of "truth"). You should be aware that, though it was requested due to your misbehaviour, I did not protect the article from editing, rather, I tried to reason with you. If you have problems with my protecting of any article or any other issue, you can certainly report me or any other administrator to Wikipedia:Administrator's noticeboard/Incidents where my actions will be judged. If you wish to have an article unprotected, you can request it at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection where I will ensure another admin (not me) will handle it - Alison ☺ 17:50, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Alison, I have just about given up expecting reason around here. You quote my previous mistakes which I have already noted and apologised for. You say that I "refuse to enter into dialog"? I only want dialog! Look at our buddy Rebecca (whom I apparently insulted). I made very reasonable changes to an article. Our mate Bec said in the history, "rm bizarre edits". Is that WP:CIVIL Alison? It's very hard to be WP:CIVIL when the first punch is below the belt. My reply was more WP:CIVIL than it needed to be. I made two "bizarre" edits. One of my edits has been kept! The other has been on discussion and I have agreed with MrZaius. Rebecca says "rm bizarre edits"? And I'm not WP:CIVIL? --Grinning Idiot 13:55, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I'm not sure quite what this 'dialog' is expected to achieve seeing as you've not stated any objectives here other than to complain about Rebecca's edit summary. I just pointed you to ANI for a formal complaint forum - so just what more can I do here? I think we're both just about done here now - Alison ☺ 13:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
I said 17-year-old-blonde-naive-logic and "cute". Sexist? Ahh.. age, hair colour, stupid factor, err... nothing about gender in there is there? Sexist? I'm worried about your interpretation of evidence. --Grinning Idiot 15:36, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Well, let's go ask others then, shall we? - Alison ☺ 17:17, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Just quick one, for the benefit of the Grinning Idiot, this is what Alison is referring to. So gender is heavily implied by your comment. Thanks. The Rambling Man 17:34, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Best thing to do when you lose an argument

Delete it and hope nobody noticed! Then send out the vandal patrol. Easy to be stupid when you have a vandal patrol. If anybody says anything nasty about you, delete it. That's why you have a talk-page full of warm-fuzzies! --Grinning Idiot 16:29, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Mailing list

  • Alison,

It seems that you have a stalker. Someone sent a nasty e-mail to the unblock list making claims related to the Fred Hoyle article. I have discarded it but you should be aware of it. Capitalistroadster 21:45, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Now I wonder who may have sent then? One Night In Hackney303 21:49, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
I can imagine, Hackney. Roadster is one of the WP mailing list managers, so it must have been bad :( - Alison ☺ 00:10, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Soliciting advice

Hi, again. Since I seem to see you everywhere, I assume you must have the omniscience that goes along with omnipresence, and so I'd like to seek your advice on something. I got into a tiff with an Admin last night who seemed to take my speedydelete tag on an article for an indie band he liked personally. I might not be examining this with sufficient neutrality of perspective, so I'd like to solicit a third opinion. My questions are, basically, who was the asshole here?: User talk:Dynaflow#The Western Investor .E2.80.93 speedy delete. Did we both botch the discussion? How should we have handled it? Thanks. --Dynaflow 19:59, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

I've finished centralizing the conversation on my Talk page so you don't have to chase timestamps to find everything said. That should include all of the exchange except for our blurbs on the AfD page here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Western Investor. Again, thanks. --Dynaflow 20:15, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Military of Albania

Frankly it don’t concern me what you appreciate just like it should not bother you and you need to go very those articles again and again and again until you understand whose in the worn, also a good think would be to look at the sources those guys presented and read what they say and then read their figures, you would agree that the source does not match at all with the figures they presented, ohh and this one is a killer their strongest source is I send an email to the Albanian MOD and they told me what they have, which is pure out lie because they never reveal what they have and he did not present any proof, I think I would know a little more about my won country that I was born and lived in all my life than a guy that uses propaganda from the internet as proof.

There is your answer I would appreciate if you don’t bother me anymore. Gon4z 17:30, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I've been through those article, on request of another editor you've allegedly been harassing. You don't own the article, and you need to provide reliable and verifiable sources. It doesn't matter if Alfred Moisiu personally told you - it needs to be cited properly. You've been little other than rude and incivil to User:MrMacMan to-date and now you're continuing it with me, first by ignoring and blanking my request, then by posting this here when I restored my comment. - Alison ☺ 17:40, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for your attention at Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection concerning the Keith Olbermann page. I wasn't sure where to put that. R. Baley 20:37, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

About the decline of the semi-protection request on List of Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes

The user who is adding the sourceless information is on a dynamic IP address, so the user's IP address is constantly changing. I had formerly believed that this user had been warned on various occasions, but reviewing the history of the article, I can now see that this is not true. I shall attempt to warn the user, but I am unsure of how successful my attempts will be. Because this user is on a dynamic IP address, it will be difficult to intervene if the user ignores all such warnings. It is likely that these messages will never be received in the first place because the user likely disconnects from the internet before checking Wikipedia again, and thus the user's IP address will change and the comment won't be received. However, I do agree that this situation will be better solved if use of semi-protection is not necessary. ~ Oni Lukos ct 21:48, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. - see how it goes, so. It's a marginal case - Alison ☺ 23:41, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Heh

File:Dainsyng.gif

Talkpage full of warm fuzzies? Me adds another one. – Rianaऋ 01:04, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Ds west

I'm immensely upset at this user for deleting my recent article. I had not finished filling out the article when it was prematurely deleted and I have not been allowed to convey my true feeling on the subject of "dw west". I hope that, before mindlessly deleteing sometihng you do not personally find important, you take the time to read the content and truly understand what I am attempting to represent and convey. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Desty44 (talk • contribs)

  • That deserves...
The Barnstar of Good Humor
For use of withering sarcasm in the face of a well written query One Night In Hackney303 07:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

=)

Marc has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Our School IP address

Hi Alison,

I've just noticed you've banned our school IP address (217.65.158.131) for abuse. Unfortunately I feel the need to request this be made permanent. We have 2000 students and are unable to keep an eye one them 24/7. This sort of thing happens all to often.

Simon —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.40.184.92 (talk) 13:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC).

  • Thanks, Simon. It was just about up today. I've extended it to a 1-month block given this history of that account. Note that only anonymous users are blocked and any students that create accounts outside of school should be free to edit as before - Alison ☺ 18:39, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the complimets!

Sincere thanks!

(AnThRaX Ru 14:54, 11 May 2007 (UTC))

L. Ron Hubbard

Hi. Please unprotect. Almost 3 weeks now. Thanks. --Justanother 17:22, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Hi there. Far as I can see, this is yet unresolved. I've left a message on the talk page asking folks for clarification on whether compromise/consensus has been reached on the whole DD-214 thing - Alison ☺ 18:00, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 Done - good luck :) - Alison ☺ 17:10, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

quote help translation.

I was hoping that you could help me with a translation.

"'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. "

and I've tried translating it into Gaelic

is fearr gur ghráis is gur chaillis ná gan grá riamh.

can you help? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.177.157.135 (talk) 17:43, 11 May 2007 (UTC).

  • Sounds about right, though it's a transliteration. There's probably a better native phrase out there somewheres. I'm kinda hearing, "Is fearr a bheith i ngrá 's a chailleadh, ná gan bheith in ngrá ar bith". I'm speaking it out here and it sounds stilted. A Gaillimh, a chara, an bhfuil aon fhios agatsa? - Alison ☺ 18:30, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Thank you for your help. I am sorry, but I don't know about Gallway.

Boink!

You've got mail, Allie girl! :) Love you, Phaedriel - 21:09, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

And another one!

The Barnstar of Good Humor
I know you have one of these above, but I was just about to post to Ryan's talk page and saw your new version of Indefinately blocked. Gave me a laugh and fantastic idea, I don't mind designing the template if you want. Khukri 21:10, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Heh - seems just about everyone spotted that. *blush*. Re. template - go for it. That should be a total scream :) Just don't expect me to provide an icon :-D - Alison ☺ 02:50, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Danny Phantom protection

Isn't an edit war enough reason to protect an article? Last I checked editors generally fully protected articles to stop edit wars. Am I wrong? --Malevious Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 02:33, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

  • No, you're not wrong. However, I declined protection due to not enough activity (which is true). You are in a content dispute with an anon editor and both of you are in dialog, it would appear. Also, you reverted to your "correct" revision and then immediately took it to WP:RPP, which was kinda naughty. Page protection is used to stop edit warring, not to endorse or 'freeze' the 'proper' revision. - Alison ☺ 02:47, 12 May 2007 (UTC) (thanks for the revert, BTW)
If you think my version is incorrect, feel free to revert to the other one and protect. I personally don't care which version is kept. My version is supported by information on the LOE and that is the only reason I reverted the edits to begin with. I just thought it should be protected till the edit war is solved, especially with the anon being uncivil. (No problem with the revert) --Malevious Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 02:50, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
No, I don't want to revert to any version. That's not the purpose. What I'm saying is it's not (yet, at least) warranted IMO. If the anon editor is being uncivil, try to warn them, but I note that they're trying to communicate on your talk page as to their reasons. Protection is a last resort and we're just not at that point yet. Honest! - Alison ☺ 02:52, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh, and thanks again :) - Alison ☺ 02:55, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Alright then. I'll continue to try and settle this through the talk pages. Sorry to bother you. And no problem again :) --Malevious Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 02:56, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
If it gets really bad, just request again and point out that it's got worse since my decline. And if the other editor gets nasty or looks like tripping over 3RR, do the warn/report thing - Alison ☺ 02:58, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Ok I will :) --Malevious Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 02:59, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

wp:rs

I've added a suggestion via wp:brd - to WP:RS discussion. I don't know if you think its relevant/necessary or not, but I'm interested in your input. Thanks. Lsi john 04:02, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

New account

Hi Alison, I thought I'd better tell you that I am User:Tellyaddict, I know you may think this a hoax but I thought I'd should tell you as I said at AN/I that I was previously known as Tellyaddict, I think the people deserve to know. If you dont believe me (which I'm sure you will believe me) I will log in as Tellyaddict and make an edit but if you did want to see you would have to unblock the account after I asked for it to be indefinitely blocked. Thank you and I hope to see you around. Happy editing! The Sunshine Man 13:16, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, may I kindly ask who told you I had returned? Kindest reagrds - The Sunshine Man 16:01, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Dinng! You've got mail :) - Alison ☺ 16:06, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
I've replied back, thank you! The Sunshine Man 16:14, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Sheffield United

Thanks for semi-protecting this page, as requested. Unfortunately another editor removed the protection at once. Is this in order? -- roundhouse 17:30, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

It was removed, perhaps inadvertently, in thsi diff. -- roundhouse 17:45, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh! That's okay :) It's only the protect notice. The article is still protected. Here - I'll re-add it - Alison ☺ 17:48, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Kindness Barnstar

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
I, The Sunshine Man award you Alison this barnstar for your help in reverting vandalism to my Userpage and user talk page and blocking him temporarily, the people vandalised it about eight times in 5 minutes! Agai thank you - its much appreciated. The Sunshine Man 17:33, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
  • No prob! Hey - I just semi'd your userpage for a few days to stop the nonsense. Let me know and I can remove/indef it if you like :) - Alison ☺ 17:34, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Miskin

I appreciate your attempt at a compromise, but you do not make clear if you are blocking for 3RR or for generic "disruption". If for disruption, I object because the user was not duly warned. If for 3RR, I object to a full week's block as completely out of proportion seeing that this is a very active user, involved in controversial topics, who has a clean 3rr log for 16 months. The 2005 thing simply has no relation to all this. dab (𒁳) 18:56, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I've given my rationale for this on WP:ANI. While I appreciate your concern and concur that the block count was 6 and not 7, and that 1 month is excessive, I feel that a 1-week block (actually 6 days now) is entirely justified here. Can we keep this conversation together over on ANI, please? - Alison ☺ 18:59, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

USerpage talk on AN/I

Thanks. It was a nice surprise to see a highly active Admin supporting my take on the matter. Usually I just Kibbitz with little links and questions, or comment and watch, because I do think that the admins should be accountable, but this time, the complaintant's whole premise was so irritating and obviously designed to provoke a pity party, that I had to confront directly, and to see my take being echoed was reassuring. ThuranX 20:17, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Shane Hagadorn AfD

I was not aware that an AfD page could be speedied, even if it did come from a banned user. DarkAudit 00:00, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Hi there. Well, if the AfD was created by a banned user, then it can IMO. Banned users have no right to modifying WP, and that includes modifying pages, creating pages ... and filing (arguably vexatious) AfDs. WP:DENY applies here. - Alison ☺ 04:12, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Arbitration

I've filed for RFAR on the Miskin incident. I'm including you as a party due to your block. Could you please give a statement? Thanks. ⇒ SWATJester Denny Crane. 08:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Sheffield United

*meeps* :( - Alison ☺ 02:20, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Aww *hugs* – Steel 14:10, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Alison, thank you for your kind words in support of (now I can say it) my RfA, which successfully closed yesterday. Please feel free to drop my a note any time if there is anything I can do for you. Pastordavid 15:35, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Glad you got through it all. Gruelling, eh? Now go grab your mop :) - Alison ☺ 06:02, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't think there's much doubt about this one

Guess who? One Night In Hackney303 04:19, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

{{trollblocked}}, as Moreschi puts it. – Rianaऋ 05:28, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, both of you :) - Alison ☺ 06:00, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
I sent you... two e-mails? Yep, 2. But disregard the last one, I figured it out all by myself 0:) (oh, and with this) – Rianaऋ 15:45, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
No problem :) Looks like you did it exactly right. Subpage with full prot. Put a note in asking for people to check the edit history in case a compromised account vandal changes it after gaining control. Oh and you can steal my template if you like. It was a pain to get right. And hey - thanks again, too. Owe ya one - Alison ☺ 15:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
No problem. I had my eye on him anyway after this dubious edit, where because the source says Jennifer knew Bobby and Bernadette when she was young Robert assumed she must have known the other Sands sister Marcella, or Majella (sic) as Robert put it.... One Night In Hackney303 06:49, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Good catch! "Majella", eh? Was she from Limerick or something?? ;-) - Alison ☺ 06:52, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps he got confused with the saint, who was from Muro Lucano? One Night In Hackney303 07:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Patron saint of "falsely accused persons" - LOL!!! Too funny :) - Alison ☺ 07:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RFA, which passed with 53-1-0. I will put myself into the various tasks of a administrator immediately, and if I make any mistakes, feel free to shout at me or smack me in my head. Aquarius • talk 17:31, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Kata Kärkkäinen

You recently declined to protect this page. However, the page has been the constant attack of serial sockpuppeteer Jaiwills (something like 50 socks). I believe WP:SPP provides for protection in such instances. The Evil Spartan 18:30, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I understand your frustration here, but there are two problems. If that user is using that many socks, they'll easily evade semi-protection and full-protection is just too restrictive here. It'll lock the article right up. Furthermore, there just isn't enough activity to warrant prot & the article is getting reverted pretty quickly. If you suspect sock-puppetry, you should probably file a report to WP:SSP and at least warn the editor(s). I also deleted the unfree, contentious image. If this escalates, though, please do re-report it and state that I previously declined & we can look at it again - Alison ☺ 18:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks.

Thanks for giving me some of my talk page and again thanks! Take Care,Arnon Chaffin Got a message? 20:15, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Unsigned RFAR statement

I noticed that you forgot to sign your RFAR statement in the about-to-be-opened Miskin case. Might be helpful to do so and I'd hate to throw a {{unsigned}} at an established editor who clearly just forgot to sign. :) --ElKevbo 20:47, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

www.fark.com

Can you remove the references to Bannination (and Digg and Reddit for that matter--they were only added to give credibility to the addition of Bannination, per the editor's own admission on BN). You can see from the change log that this site has been added specifically to advertise BN--and I can provide links to their discussion threads where they state it in no uncertain terms. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.199.94.68 (talk) 01:30, 16 May 2007 (UTC).

  • I'd rather not as the article is protected due to edit-warring on this issue. Please discuss this on the article's talk page to obtain consensus. When done, just put up an {{editprotected}} message and I'll change it - Alison ☺ 01:33, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Do me a favour

Please do me a favour and have a look at the posting on my talk page concerning an IP editor who claims he did not vandalise the National Socialist German Workers Party page with this edit. Yet his calim about IPs changing makes no difference because all his postings about this matter are from the same IP address. While I am sure what I have said is correct, what do you advise me to do? I think his responses are untrue and also border on harassment. Of course I do have the right to tell him off for his actions though he has not made any more edits except to my talk page. Cheers ww2censor 03:39, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

  • "fucking retard", etc, etc??? This is completely out of order. The guy has been phenomenally insulting to you. I checked and his IP address doesn't look to be a shared address so I'm pretty sure he did blank that page. That's immaterial anyway; he's now been final warned for personal attacks and if he does it again, he'll be blocked for rampant incivility - Alison ☺ 04:01, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks ww2censor 04:12, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

For restoring the message. I though the user himself restored that [17]. Thanks anyways. --Aminz 04:40, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

curious

Are you transgender? If so, do you think you can be objectiive? If so, who's your immediate boss on wikipedia? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.109.250.81 (talk) 05:25, 16 May 2007 (UTC).

I was going to flag this as vandalism but I looked over your contributions of recent. You could have been a bit more simple with your word choice. Also I note that a person doesn't have to be of a certain category to edit an article about it. For example I, MrMacMan, a guy can edit the article about Woman. MrMacMan Talk 05:28, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Excuse me?? LOL!! Is it any of your business? Geez. Take a look at my edit history. I'm a Czech-Irish-anime lover-admin-Catholic-atheist-lesbian-transgender-chemist-chinchilla fanatic. And my immediate boss would be this guy - Alison ☺ 05:36, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Sorry. I'd better give you a proper answer. I'm an administrator here on Wikipedia, which means I edit hundreds of disparate articles per day, the vast majority of which I have absolutely no interest in. Pharmacological and biographical articles are where it's at for me. However, I spotted your POV/BLP edits on the Andrea James article first, as it's on my watchlist from previous incidents (the whole Trans-thing is a major vandalism magnet, really). I then checked your edit history and saw the rest of the mess. Masturbatory habits of Deirdre McCloskey??? C'mon!! And on it goes ... If you wish to make a complaint about me as an administrator, you can direct your complaint to the Administrators' Noticeboard for Incidents where it will be reviewed. Thanks - Alison ☺ 05:54, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
And another thing; when I punch in your 4-article edit history into Google, [18], I get an interesting answer - Alison ☺ 06:58, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Pic

Same person from the other place <g>. Just dawned on me - are you happy with the straight delete or were you after an oversight type action (no one on Commons has that IIRC)? Just thought I'd ask - hope things are good, regards --Herby talk thyme 07:26, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Herby! :) And you supported me in my RfA too! Thank you so much for that. And thanks too, for the speedy on Commons earlier. Straight delete should be fine as no admins are involved, thank goodness. Just some over-zealous banned editor, is all. All part of a day's work. Thanks again, and lovely to see you over here again. Didn't know you adminned on Commons :) - Alison ☺ 07:30, 16 May 2007 (UTC) (that's two I owe you now)
    • No problem (I tend to wander - even a meta admin too, mind you sysop on books came first). I basically abandoned here - I had a "previous" user name & no it isn't banned or anything like, just didn't suit me. It was the wandering that got me to delete it almost without looking - I wandered from Meta, to Quote to here and spotted someone who took an interest in the photos of some users (I'm guessing that might be behind the request) - take care --Herby talk thyme 08:00, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for reverting my user page vandalism Jerm 15:39, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

My dear Czech-Irish-anime lover-admin-Catholic-atheist-lesbian-transgender-chemist-chinchilla fanatic...

I've been looking for one of those for a loooong time! ;) Thanks for wishing me happy edit day :) – Rianaऋ 15:44, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

How do I deal with a complaints against an user?

As I have posted this to two other users for advice, I am writing to you on how do I deal with an user as he has given me and another user a vandalism tag for an edit which me and that user, as a result I tried to explain to him that I have not vandalised the article, just general editing, he went out to dish out the blame and this is become heated.

In order to post the full complaint, I have attempted to make use of the ARV button on my Twinkie, but the comments is too big for it, so how do I post this complaint against this user

Another one is, shall I reply back to him, knowing this one is more heated than his previous reply as I don't like to be the person to back down and allow him get his way, therefore I take the blame for a general edit? Willirennen 23:53, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

FYI

[19]. Semiprot (perish the thought)? -- User:RyanFreisling @ 23:04, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I can't touch it as I've been editing there. Saw your comment all right but must stand well clear, unfortunately. Semi would be a nice idea given the high likelihood of sockery. You can bring it to WP:RPP (where I shall studiously leave your request for someone else! :) ) - Alison ☺ 23:07, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Understand completely and appreciate your ethics greatly. Will post it there. Thanks! -- User:RyanFreisling @ 23:09, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Also not sure on the best approach for the single-role accounts like Faytay2002 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) - I placed a vandal1 warning on that user's talk page but it's more than an experiment. Please let me know if there's a more constructive route to take to deal with single-role disruption accounts. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 23:27, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Never mind - Done! Thanks again for your help. :) -- User:RyanFreisling @ 23:44, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

RfA

Oh dear, one more nut who thinks I'd do a good job :) Please see here—I'll have to think this one over. At length. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:52, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Make that three nuts that thinks you'll do a good job :-) Ryan Postlethwaite 00:54, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
You will do a good job :) Think about it some more .... then say yes! - Alison ☺ 01:08, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh, and sandbox looks good at initial glance tho' I can believe we don't have Tropisetron as that's an old but established UK drug. Hmmm ... tempting :) - Alison ☺ 01:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Why, thank you both. I couldn't believe that either; after a cursory PubMed search I actually thought it might have been described before ondansetron... Race you? (just kidding, feel free to create it):) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 01:51, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Hah! Not that I was racing or anything, buuuut .... I won!!! :-D - Alison ☺ 00:10, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
I noticed ;) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 01:03, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Miskin

Hello,

An Arbitration case involving you has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Miskin. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Miskin/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Miskin/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 17:09, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Can you take a look at this please?

Special:Contributions/Bailieboro has a whiff of spam/COI about his edits, I was thinking about reverting them all but thought I'd get a second opinion. And no, I'm not suggesting it's RMS either... 19:29, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

  • They're just some newbie editor, I guess. I just welcomed them :) The book cites are fine on the Pearse article and okay-ish on the 1916 one but not really elsewhere. Now, they're adding other refs ... assume good faith and all that. - Alison ☺ 19:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
  • My name ain't Robert, omG I said the "R" word! Sorry. To me WP is like a state where all those nice good folk leave their front doors wiiddde open, the car on the driveway with the keys in the ignition, and then they shreik, "why is there so much crime around here". Well as long as they can rely "free gratia" folk to do their dirty-work, things ain't a changing. A! do you ever get tired? ;) Sweet dreams! Gurabamhlaidhduit 22:25, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! "Not on my watch", as they say. Interesting to note that you're watching it too - Alison ☺ 00:12, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Polite request

Hi Alison, I saw you were active and thought I'd ask a favor—would you mind deleting User:Fvasconcellos/Palonosetron? I've created an article with its content; I should probably have moved the page altogether and asked for the resulting redirect to be deleted, but now it's too late :( I've also decided to be bold and move the 5-HT3 antagonist article into mainspace. Do you think it would qualify for DYK? Best, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:07, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Oops, never mind; kindly deleted by Phaedriel. The second question still stands :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:14, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
  • (ec) Too late - Phaedriel just got to it :) (Phaedriel - I've not forgotten!!!) But yeah, the agonist article looks great at a glance. I'll check it over later tonight, though. Oh, and maybe make a start on Tropisetron :) - Alison ☺ 00:16, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Thanks—you can now check it out at 5-HT3 antagonist. While you're there, could you assess it for WP:PHARM? I'd hate to create a conflict of interest :) As for that other thing, I've decided to accept. I'll let Samir know in the morning, and go do some reading ;) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:34, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
      • I made some minor tweaks to the article - nothing major - it looks great already. I'm just about to start on Tropisetron here now. I'm absolutely delighted re. the latter and will assist in any way I can. It's way overdue :) - Alison ☺ 05:10, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

On Riana's talk page you said my flower thingy was a wonderful idea and thank you for that! Tomorrow, my dear, you will get the spotlight on my userpage with a flower to go with it! Have a nice day! --Endo(Exo) 01:08, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Nazi edit/language

File:Iron Maiden of Nuremberg.jpg

iv got a question here. if that messege said it was my last warning, the next time i did that again i would lose my editing rights. am i correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.53.65.109 (talk • contribs)

ok just checking. i dont do any editing though so it doesnt matter to me. but how would you block me from editing? im not a member— Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.53.65.109 (talk • contribs)

We have our ways to shut you up... Mehehe >:)
Seriously tho, suffice to say that administrators can block IP adresses as well as registered usernames. Now pretty please, with sugar on top - follow Alison's instructions and refrain from any more personal attacks, or we'll introduce you to our metallic friend here ;) Have a beautiful day! Phaedriel - 05:09, 17 May 2007 (UTC)


i figured you could block IPs but even if you did i could change it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.53.65.109 (talk • contribs)

  • I'm sure you can. However, we can also do autoblocks, as well as rangeblocks. There's also checkuser so you wouldn't get too far. Why do you ask? - 23:24, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

im just curious. i figured people have done stuff like this before thinking they could get around an IP block but it looks like its pretty hard to do.

McCloskey

Why is what I added about McCloskey an "attack" rather than important information? I provided documentation for each point, and it is a very contentious controversy. Are you saying it is okay for her to say whatever she wants, but it is not okay to show how she contradicts herself? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.109.250.81 (talk • contribs)

  • Ok - I've done my best here. Wikipedia is not your arena for your personal agenda against Andrea James, Joan Roughgarden nor Deirdre McCloskey. I don't know what your problem is, but I can hazard a fair guess. I have done my best to help here, to show you the rules regarding biographical articles of living persons and neutral point of view but you're just not listening. You're not here to actually contribute to the project, rather you're here to talk about the masturbatory habits of certain persons as well as prying into the private lives of others, including a well-known editor here. Creating an account in her old legal name with a view to posting in her own biographical article is just not on. [20] It's harassment at best and impersonation at worst, I'm now blocking your IP address as well as indefinitely blocking the aforenamed account. You've been repeatedly warned here. Do feel free to take this matter further, should you wish to. - Alison ☺ 07:11, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Query

Alison: Please see my query posted at the end of my RFA statement [21] (last paragraph). (Please don't reply on my talk page; please just add the requested missing links in your statement in the RFA page.) Thank you. --NYScholar 19:17, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Disappointing behavior that you let slide

Alison, Thank you for apprising me of the three-revert rule and edit war idea. I was not aware of them. Had I understood, I would not have engaged in that type of exchange. I am writing because I read your comment on FCYTravis’ Talk page, and I have to say that I am disappointed that although you cautioned him about the three-revert rule, you did not censure him for deliberately playing the rules rather that working constructively with another contributor. His behavior is troubling in particular since he is a Wikipedia “administrator.”LCP 01:06, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

I just went back to FCYTravis' Talk page, and he has deleted the comment I wrote to him: "I am relatively new to Wikipedia, and I did not know about the three-revert rule or understand the concept of Edit war prior to our exchange. Thanks to Alison, I now understand both. Had I understood these concepts, I would never have gotten into that type of exchange. You, however--as an administrator--understood both ideas, and yet you chose to engage in an edit war and slander me by labeling my edits “homophobic” rather than take on my arguments in Talk: you state, “I took it right up to the three-revert rule and no more.” That is terribly disappointing behavior from an “administrator.” Your behavior in this case is a discredit to Wikipedia."
I think that FCYTavis is not playing fair. Can you please tell me what recourse I have since he will not let my criticism stand on his talk page? Do I repost? Is there another alternative? Thanks!LCP 01:22, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
LCP, the reason FCYTravis reverted your comment [22] was probably because it reads as a rather strong personal attack. You pretty-much insulted the guy. Furthermore, he's just another editor while editing the homosexuality article, the admin flag is neither here-nor-there. We're just editors with mops, is all. The fact is though, FCYTravis didn't break the rules, whereas you did. Rather than complaining to Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts, as you have, maybe you should have tried approaching him with your questions, assuming some good faith on his part, and tried to dialog? He wasn't "playing the rules", he was abiding by them - just like the rest of us, really. What you are doing on the aforementioned article is not particularly polite and you should be aware at this point that if you revert to your "homosexuality does not involve romantic relationships" version, you will probably be blocked from editing - Alison ☺ 02:56, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your response. I am glad that you corrected me for breaking the Rv rule. I was not aware of the rule, and I did get carried away in an edit war. That is not my issue.
I am writing again because I took another look and it appears that FCYTravis did break the three-revert rule. The rule states, “An editor must not perform more than three reverts, in whole or in part, on a single page within a 24-hour period.” FCYTravis’ first revert was 16 May at 21:51. That means that prior to 17 May at 21:51 he should not have made more than two more reverts. However on 17 May, he made three more reverts, the last of which was at 17:45.
So now I have two issues. First, that your censure was biased against me. Second, FCYTravis’ behavior is unbecoming of an admin.
Regarding my second issue, the point is that FCYTravis was playing the rules, not playing by them. In contrast to my behavior, FCYTravis did know the rules, and contrary to your suggestion, because admins have special privileges, they need to ensure that they act according to the highest standards of behavior. I did assume that, albeit muddled, FCYTravis was acting in good faith—until I saw his comment to you. I do not see how “playing the rules,” as FCYTravis has done, is acting in good faith. As I mentioned, I did try to talk to FCYTravis. He merely deleted my comments. Regarding my question to him and suggestion that he read up on the law of contradiction, the suggestion came ONLY after he called my edit “homophobic” AND he evidenced a lack of understanding of the principle. If you read my thread, you will see that he was incapable of evidencing a grasp of the problem with the contradiction in the statements in the article’s lead.
I feel I need to say one more thing to clarify my position. I am not angry at your or FCYTravis. I respect your extensive investment in WIkipedia. However, I expect even handed treatment, and I insist that those with special privileges act according to the highest standards of behavior. That is not happening in this case, and I would like to see this problem remedied.LCP 18:01, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
My first point is this; FCYTravis has never commented to me. Can you possibly point out where he did? Secondly, while admins are held to high standards, all editors are, and the rules apply to all of us. My "censure" of you to-date has been one boilerplate {{uw-3rr1}} message posted to your talk page. I'm not sure when I see uneven-handed treatment here, frankly. I note that you have not attempted to contact the editor in question apart from the once where you insulted and attacked him [23] yet you saw fit to complain about him on Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts without informing him of your action. Also, I find your not assuming good faith on my part and accusing me of bias to be offensive in the extreme. I pride myself on being as fair as possible to all and I treat everyone equally; be they admin, anon editor or otherwise. If you feel at this point that you need to take the matter further, you can post about it on the Adminstrators' Noticeboard for Incidents where others can review and comment accordingly. Thanks - Alison ☺ 19:22, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
I have written to you because of the comment you made to FCYTravis and the response he left to you on his page.
I am sorry to have offended you, Alison. I did not mean to speak to your intent, but to just your actions. I do not think that you acted in bad faith. I think the uneven treatment was an oversight on your part. Regarding your actions, both FCYTravis and I broke the three-revert rule, but only I got the slap on the wrist (boilerplate or not). He got a relatively friendly comment. Does that look like "even treatment"? Is that something you can remedy? Am I missing something? I assume that a censure is a black-mark on one’s Wikipedia record and that one is to leave such comments on one’s Talk page. Is that not the case?
If you take another look at what I wrote to FCYTravis, you will notice that I spoke ONLY to his behavior and ONLY regarding this particular case. Although I did speak very strongly on his Talk page, I did not call him names or attack him personally. So I do not agree that I “insulted and attacked” him. An insult and an attack would have looked like, “Your edits are homophobic (and, therefore, so are you).” I do not understand why you say I should have tried contacting him after he rejected every attempt I made in the topic pages and on his Talk page.
I thought I was pursuing this through the correct channels, but your email suggests that I am going about this oddly. You have more experience with Wikipedia than I do, and I think you understand my issue (even though you are annoyed with what I have written). Perhaps you can counsel me on the proper way to pursue this issue--and whether you would peruse it further. As I have tried reasoning with FCYTravis in the Homosexual Talk page as well as his own Talk page, and my efforts have been fruitless, I have no further interest in trying to communicate with him. My concern is that my issues are heard. And again, my issues are that censures be handed out equitably and that admins’ behaviors be in line with both the rule and spirit of Wikipedia. So far, I do not see how that has happened in this case.LCP 22:34, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Really quick response here - more detail later (busy!). I've no idea as to which comment I made to FCYTravis. If you're referring to this one, and FCYTravis' response, that was actually User:Arichnad who said that, not me. - Alison ☺ 22:38, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
I think you're a little confused here on a number of issues. First, there's the whole comment-to-Travis bit. Then "I assume that a censure is a black-mark on one’s Wikipedia record" - that's quite incorrect. A talk page comment is just a talk page comment. Pretty soon, it'll be removed as time goes on and you delete/archive your talk page comments. It's a transient thing and you certainly don't have to leave it there any longer than is necessary. You don't even have to archive it (or anything else, for that matter). Account blocks, however, are a permanent record, and you have none. Even those are lost in time and become less significant. Regarding your comment to Travis; well, that's a matter of semantics. You certainly attacked his character and his reputation ("yet you chose to engage in an edit war and slander me [...] Your behavior [...] is a discredit to Wikipedia"). Strong stuff for a first encounter, no? Your efforts at his talk page are hardly fruitless; try being a little more polite and less confrontational. After all, you've only tried to post there once. While I can't read the guy's mind, I suspect he reverted your comment as a personal attack, which is within his rights. Posting once on his talk page and immediately reporting the guy is going to be seen as overreacting and/or vexatious. See my point here? You do realise, right, that you can also post warnings to talk pages just like I can? It's part and parcel of being an editor here. My being an admin has precious little to do with my posting the warning to your page. Consider it a friendly warning from one editor to another rather than the dreadful, inequitable, permanent slight that you perceive here - Alison ☺ 22:54, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Comment from a bystander. Just a note to LCP that seems to me Alison just happened to notice that you had done three reverts & so gave you the boilerplate {{uw-3rr1}} message (which any editor including me could have given you, had I been the one to notice -- I'm not an admin by the way), and a different editor, Arichnad just happened to notice that FCYTravis had done three reverts & chose to remind Travis about the 3-revert-role in a different way. That any person is an admin doesn't obligate them to search out every possible violation in a dispute & warn every possible violator. If an admin (or any other editor) had done so, I would sure hope they'd be even-handed, but since Alison hadn't done so, the charge of her being biased doesn't stand. --Yksin 23:20, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, Alyson and Yksin. Yes, I did misunderstand. Again, sorry that I offended you. I did not mean to impugn your character or motives, and I can clearly see why your read what I wrote that way. I was very unclear. I will try to be less acerbic in the future.LCP 02:07, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
By the way, thank you again for pointing out the three-revert rule. I understand that you were trying to help. I am sorry that, in my confusion, I reacted to you ungraciously.LCP 02:16, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
That's okay. No problem at all :) - Alison ☺ 06:08, 20 May 2007 (UTC)


userboxes

You've made a "burner" userbox. There's actually a pretty nifty Burning Man graphic Burning Man graphic here on wikipedia that would make a nice badge. I've improvised a userbox with it for my own user page. adamrice 17:57, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Speaking of userboxes, I thought I'd drop these by:

This user has a gentle touch when dealing with controversy.
This user frequently mumbles Erin Go Bragh! to herself.

Lsi john 19:38, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Oh - thank you, John. That's too sweet :) The first one is nice, whatever about the veracity of it. Thank you so much though - Alison ☺ 17:59, 15 May 2007 (UTC) (Shhh!! - Erin go bragh!)

Thank you

Thank you, now I have one beautiful barnstar to add to the case! I really love it, I am honoured too, for this is my very 1st barnstar (I think you knew already) ;). Thanks again, Alison, it is really appreciated. I love it! --Endo(Exo) 02:52, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Yay, Alison's the flower of the day! I love that pic :) – Riana ⁂ 04:57, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

One to keep an eye on

Bobby Sands man (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). I'm sure you'll recognise his "charm" straight away... One Night In Hackney303 07:15, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Teki Dervishi

Dear Alison Somebody created an article about an Albanian poet, Teki Dervishi. Since I am very found of this poet, I added some information about his published work, and changed the Serb version of names for Albanian places.(I opened an account solely for that purpose, I have never edited other articles) Serb users hysterically changed the page, adding sentences like Fascist Albania, and other things, which are openly meant to provoke and offend. Being Irish, I think qualifies you to understand these kinds of sensitivities and issues. Teki Dervishi has been persecuted by Serbia since the age of 14, and Serbia made his life so difficult that tragic epics fade in comparison. Another user has now protected a Serbian version of this article, and I find this offensive and immoral, but she refuses to change her decision. I don’t think Albanian poets should be edited by Serb users (and especially this particular poet). I don’t edit articles on Serb poets, and I actually like a few of them, but I still don’t edit their articles. Please either delete the article altogether, or protect an Albanian version of it. I don’t have time or energy to protect everything Albanian that Serbs destroy, but I would really go far to “protect” this poet. I hope you understand, and are able to help me. Best Wishes Kristina Albania

Hi Kristina. I'd really rather not edit the article, though I did protect it as it was requested on the WP:RPP notice board. I've no expertise on the subject matter here at all and would likely make a mess of it :) If you wish to have it changed, best thing to do is add {{editprotected}} on the article's talk page, state your request and others will review it and hopefully sort it out for you - Alison ☺ 21:02, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

KristinaAlbania 11:37, 20 May 2007 (UTC) ok, thank you

Uncyclopedia

I've noticed that a User:Miltopia keeps editing the Uncyclopedia article to remove links to the full list of Uncyclopedias. There are currently Uncyclopedia projects in 37 languages, a full list is on http://uncyclopedia.info or on http://wikiindex.org/Uncyclopedia and there's a similar list on Uncyclopedia itself. He repeatedly removes links to any of these, while retaining a link to a page on Wikia Inc. that only provides a partial list (20 out of 37 language wikis, just whichever fraction of the project is hosted by that company). There are a few on Wikia's list that are either closed or abandoned - one fork of an existing project, plus two where the original community had moved elsewhere. If misused as a list of all Uncyclopedias, it's basically useless, because it was never intended to serve that purpose. It's missing Japan, Taiwan, Brazil and more than a dozen others.

I'm not sure what the agenda is here - he has been asked on the article talk page to stop doing this, but it doesn't seem to help. I realise that Uncyclopedia has been the target of a few pointless AfD attempts because an article about a competing wiki, Encyclopædia Dramatica, had been repeatedly voted for deletion and ultimately protected against re-creation. I don't see why this would be a motive to target the one link to the full list of Uncyclopedias and just that one link, though. Seems odd.

I raise the issue here because I see you have placed the page under semi-protection, with the deleted info still gone. --66.102.80.239 09:52, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Well ... The protection request came in from some editor via the WP:RPP board. All I did was evaluate their request and protect accordingly. In this case, I believe the page protection was necessary to prevent disruption. It is not an endorsement of the content of the page or anything. Maybe read m:The Wrong Version to get an idea as to how that works. I personally can't judge as to the content of the page as I'm certainly no expert in Uncyclopedia. Have you thought of asking [User:Miltopia|Miltopia]] for their justfication? - Alison ☺ 22:59, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Socks of User:Maleabroad

Thanks Alison, for blocking SpatialHarddrive (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Can you please take a look at the latest revival (Shiftgear (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)) and the other known socks listed at here at ANI. Abecedare 02:20, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. - I'll check out the others later ... - Alison ☺ 02:33, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for taking action on this very malicious user. Buddhipriya 02:36, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks from me too. This is a persistent and prolific sockpuppeteer (see list of supected and confirmed socks). The current opinions of editors who edit the pages he vandalizes (typically Hinduism and Buddhism related articles) is to email the lab. at U. Calgary where he edits from to inform the sys-admin of the vandalism originating there. A range block of the machines the 26 odd lab IPs, some of which are already blocked, may also be effective. Abecedare 02:40, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
I just verified and blocked another handful. I don't know this editor too well, so it's slow going. I'll keep working on it ... And yes, maybe contact the university if he's getting seriously disruptive - Alison ☺ 02:55, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Dear Allie

I told you that sorrow would fade, friend,
And you would forget half your pain;
That the sweet bird of song would waken ere long,
And sing in your bosom again;
That hope would creep out of the shadows,
And back to its nest in your heart,
And gladness would come, and find its old home,
And that sorrow at length would depart.

I told you that grief seldom killed, friend,
Though the heart might seem dead for awhile.
But the world is so bright, and full of warm light
That 'twould waken at length, in its smile.
Ah, friend! was I not a true prophet?
There's a sweet happy smile on your face;
Your sadness has flown - the snow-drift is gone,
And the buttercups bloom in its place.

For all your beauty, inside and out, my dear Allie :) Love you, Phaedriel - 02:09, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Oh Sharon! That's beautiful ... I don't know what to say. It's rather apt for today, as it happens. Long story. BTW - you have mail ("boink!"). Love you - Allie Alison ☺

Help please

What does WARNING: template loop detected mean? Thank you,Arnon Chaffin Got a message? 15:07, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Ah! If you reference another template within your own template that also references yours, everything can get into a closed loop and templates can go trying to include each other forever. There's a circular reference somewhere :) - Alison ☺ 06:10, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

rv vandalism

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page, it is much appreciated! :) --Endo(Exo) 21:54, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Now that you're back on (looking at recent changes) could you do a favor and delete this image?--Endo(Exo) 03:13, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
No problem. I blocked them, too :) And it looks like Phaedriel got there before me - Alison ☺ 05:58, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

personal attack

How was that a personal attack? What I said was true. Show me One Night In Hackney's edits where he is removing valid content from pages of people that aren't Irish Republicans. Please try to think before you claim someone is making a personal attack, markham. You warning me of a personal attack was much more of a personal attack than what you claimed was a personal attack. Bobby Sands man 01:48, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

By your standards, the truth being a personal attack, it is very difficult to not personally attack One Night In Hackney because he won't listen to reason. Bobby Sands man 01:48, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

  • You spoke falsehoods about the guy. And you did about me in the past. And, BTW, my name isn't "Markham" - I've no idea who that is. Tell you what - seeing as you're such a Bobby Sands fan and such a proud Nationalist an' all that (me, of course, being a tool of the Crown, a lackey to John Bull and his ilk). Bobby Sands was also a poet and a proud gaelgóir. Is mar sin, b'fhearr liom ár teanga nádúrtha a úsáid anseo nuair a bhéimid ag caint as am seo amach. An é sin ceart leatsa, a chara? Mar atáimid go leir níos compórdach leis ar dteanga náisiúnta a úsáid - nach bhfuil? Tá súil agam go mbeidh tusa ag scríobh chugam as Gaeilge as seo agus táim ag fanacht le do fhreagair! Slán - Alison ☺ 06:08, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Oh yes, Hackney. I know about that one. However, for a proud Nationalist like this guy, he'll be only too happy to speak with me in Irish and not the Language of the Oppressor™ ... right? :-) - Alison ☺ 15:41, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

The fact that you and One Night In Hackney keep bringing up irrelevant information proves how illogical you are. You both, when posed with a serious question about wikipedia policy, respond with a logical fallacy. Bobby Sands man 20:49, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

The fact that you go about attacking other editors, posting insults about them speaks volumes in itself, no? And that ... well, you haven't answered my question above - Alison ☺ 23:04, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

I also never said your name is markham. Yes, I called you markham, because I have a friend who is also named Alison and you remind me of her and her last name is Markham. I was only calling you Markham as a nickname since you remind me so much of her. Bobby Sands man 18:49, 22 May 2007 (UTC)


Notability of Toby Meltzer

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Go raibh míle maith agat

Thanks for your welcome message (I think), it's one step closer for my eventual plan of world Wikipedia domination mwahahaha, oh, and cheers for doing my front page. I'm not going to go leary and fly into anything yet, but just keep an eye out, we're often in the same areas so just look out for my screw ups please. Cheers again. Khukri 16:31, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Response

... on my Talk page!  :) Joie de Vivre 20:07, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Dick Warner

Looks like he was a client of the aforementioned Toby Meltzer ;) One Night In Hackney303 05:36, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Atif nazir

Can you please fix the mess that I left on the page? It was a simple move, but never knew that Daniel left a message on the redirect . Thanks. --Kzrulzuall Talk• Contribs 06:01, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Hey there, KZ. I'm not seeing a problem over there. Daniel stuck a TW reject over on the redir page after the guy moved accounts & you just moved it over. Looks fine to me ... What would you like me to do? - Alison ☺ 06:10, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
That's not the user's real account. He put the account as User talk:Syed Atif Nazir, when it's suppose to be User talk:Atif nazir. --Kzrulzuall Talk• Contribs 06:16, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Don't worry about it. Ryulong already fixed it. --Kzrulzuall Talk• Contribs 06:20, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
So I see. It needed deletion of the redir to move back. Cool ... :) - Alison ☺ 06:24, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Hallo

I need help! The stalking and attacks from Pmp alias vandal 71.99.... is continuing, viz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/71.99.143.151 , esp. this attack in article and this attack against "my article" (He know, that article passed in VoD). --Cinik 06:06, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Blocked for a week as a returning wikistalking vandal. If he comes back, let me know. That kind of behaviour and harassment is just unacceptable.

Thanks Allie!

Thanks for your help while I was busy, Allie! :) And even more pleased about the happy ending ;) I got your mail, girl - and you have this gift to make me both happy and speechless. I'll reply to you in a matter of hours - namely, when your adoptive niece right here allows me to! Wait for the boink! ;) Love you A. Phaedriel - 23:31, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

About 202.83.173.122

The user with IP 202.83.173.122 has struck again at the Special Service Group (SSG) article reintroducing the same copyvios just hours after he served his 24-hour ban imposed by you. I have reverted it (again!) but I suspect he will continue to do this and request you to therefore either a) ban him for a longer duration or b)semi-protect the page to stop him. I'm approaching you because you are familiar with this issue. Thanks. --Idleguy 02:19, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Need your help Allie

Allie, I have major issue here that is seriously worrying and stressing me. In fact, I'm kinda shaken. I desperately need your guidance. I'll be around for several hours, so please, ping me when you have the time, girl. Love you, Phaedriel - 05:23, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

5-HT3...

Quick belated thanks for the congratulations; they kind of got lost in the history :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 15:03, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Mr Oompapa back?

I've just realised when you blocked User talk:Domgang that he was a sockpuppet of Mr Oomapa, he came and accused me of being a sockpuppet of him? - huh? Anyway thanks for blocking him, I thought all this had calmed down. — The Sunshine Man (a.k.a Tellyaddict) 16:01, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

reply to talk page message

You can ask Wiki alf or Bubba Hotep or JoanneB or Gwernol or Guinnog if a dedicated 156.34 IP editor will ever get an account...again :) . Their reply would be interesting. I quit my username long ago (after 20000 edits) to edit as an anon. I struggle daily to maintain "the integrity of anonymous contribution". I would certainly use the article talk page if I felt that the fanboy would use it as well. But since they seem to have zero grasp of any Wikipedia editing policy... I doubt very much they are open to discussion. My AGF is thin on most days. For that particular editor... it = 0 . :) . I hope the page gets protected. but I also hope someone takes 2 secods to clean up the last couple of schoolboy book report edits. The article is bad enough as it is. Ahoy! 156.34.142.110 18:51, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Toby Meltzer

Seeking assistance. One editor is including multiple extraordinary claims about Meltzer's career that do not have multiple verifiable sources.

"Exceptional claims should be supported by multiple reliable sources, especially regarding scientific or medical topics, historical events, politically charged issues, and biographies of living people."

Would you take a look in at Talk:Toby Meltzer? Thank you! Joie de Vivre 19:15, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you.

WikiThanks
WikiThanks

I just wanted to say that it's been more than two months since Ryan and I nominated you for adminship, and that since then, you've been doing great work as an administrator. Thank you. :) Acalamari 23:15, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Oh my goodness!! Has it been that long already? Wow ... And thank you, by the way, for the co-nom! One of these days, I'll get back to doing some article editing. It's been a while :) - Alison ☺ 23:17, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Yes, more than two months. :) I was surprised it's been that long as well. I'm also impressed with the amount of editing you've done as well since then: you were at 7000 then, and in the 14000s now, which means in the course of two months your edits have more than doubled. Brilliant work. Acalamari 23:26, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Allie, thanks for reverting vandalism again! To me actually, it was complimentary vandalism because he said I looked "hot". But he said I was hooker, too, making me laugh! :) --Endo(Exo) 01:30, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Move protected

Hi Alison...this Divestment (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) character (a likely sock of one or another) that once again moved the article Allegations of state terrorism by the United States back to State terrorism by the United States is virtually a page move vandal at this point. Myself and Gurch went around and cleaned up a lot of double redirects after his last unilateral move and now we are faced with the same problem again since the article has been moved. I recognize that we'll need to ask to have the page moved at requested moves.--MONGO 19:56, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Ugh! What a mess. And yes, they're obviously some sock or another. Gurch originally asked for move prot & I took a peek when I was patrolling WP:RPP and saw it was being moved about. Put the brakes on but, as is customary, got the The Wrong Version :) You guys could maybe bring it to ANI and have someone review the move? - Alison ☺ 20:06, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
    Oh, I'm not blaming you at all...just venting...Gurch went and once again fixed the redirects to point back to the sock's change of title...so until we get a consensus to do this move, this will be fine for now. Best wishes.--MONGO 20:37, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
    Sorry about all that, though. I should have really looked a whole lot closer - Alison ☺ 20:38, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
    Nah...if anything, I should have simply listed it at requested moves and had it taken care of that way...happy editing.--MONGO 20:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

thing is the article dont actually speak of accusations, it speaks of things that the USA actually did. by thier own definition of terrorism, they are guilty, so why say allegations when these allegations are definitive?Charred Feathers 21:09, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

please warn Fire Star

A while back when I was on an IP, you warned me for removing content from my talk page. You also restored content removed that I left on someone else's talk page. The user removed it because it was a personal attack. Fire Star is guilty of the same thing and I advise you warn him. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Fire_Star&diff=132003957&oldid=132003851 Bobby Sands man 23:52, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

  • IP addresses are different. It's not your account as they're shared, by their very nature. Furthermore, blatant personal attacks can be removed, especially ones of that nature. I note that your incivil tone has also extended to User:Fire Star and it's clear at this stage that you're not here to improve the encyclopedia. - Alison ☺ 23:57, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

My tone? How do you know my tone? My tone is very civil. If you think otherwise, then you are mistaken. Bobby Sands man 23:58, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I called someone a retarded kid on a user talk page and you didn't allow that to be removed. You don't think that was a blantant personal attack? You think my tone is uncivil when it's not, and you think "retarded kid" is not a blantant personal attack. How did someone with no common sense like you become an admin? (go ahead and block me, I'm done.). Bobby Sands man 00:00, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Not uncivil at all

I was not uncivil at all with Fire Star. I kindly pointed out to him that what he was warning me for was just for pointing out a logical fallacy, this is not in violation of wikipedia rules. I asked him to apologize for the mistaken warning he gave.

The reality of it is you were just looking for a reason to block me and found a very bad one. I'm sure you could have waited a little longer and I would have done something that actually warranted a warning, but this did not. You simply did this in response to my explanation of why I called you markham. Alison, I know how you think, don't try to cover anything up and expect me not to catch it, it makes you look foolish. You are like a little child and I am your mother, I know what you are doing and what you are thinking. You can't sneak anything past me. Bobby Sands man 23:58, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

WP:RPP

Silly vandals indeed. Do you get a text message every single time a person requests page protection? Wow that was fast. (and for spotting my template error ) Thanks, MrMacMan Talk 05:02, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Allie

Hi Alison or should I call you Allie? Which do you prefer? What happened to your picture on your userpage? King Lopez Contribs 10:00, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I think you'll recognise this one

Looks pretty cut and dried, thanks. One Night In Hackney303 11:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

 Done - blocked - Alison ☺ 13:58, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. One Night In Hackney303 14:18, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Do you want to take a look at the accounts in this checkuser please? Thanks. One Night In Hackney303 22:08, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Commented. Second one is almost certainly a sock. Last one .... possibly not. We'll see - Alison ☺ 22:21, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Well if you look at the three pages the first one created. Christine Vladimiroff has been edited twice since by RMS as an IP, Marjorie Tuite has been edoted twice since by RMS as an IP and the latest account, and there's been no edits since to the other one. The criminal always returns to the scene of the crime, especially RMS. That enough quacking for you? One Night In Hackney303 22:58, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
OMG! That 216.xx anon is definitely RMS. [24] - no question. Can you mention this evidence in the checkuser, please, because it wasn't readily self-evident to me? I see it now all right ... - Alison ☺ 23:04, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
I did mention the anon IP edits (well, one of them as I hadn't done that much digging at that point), end of the second line of my post in the checkuser. From my experience "possible" means same geographic area or similar IP, and knowing RMS's access to different computers I'm not overly surprised by that. Enough evidence to block both accounts and delete some pages now then? One Night In Hackney303 23:07, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Is that checkuser closed, or are you awaiting further comment? I'm satisfied here myself - Alison ☺ 23:08, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
I was waiting for clarification, but after the subsequent digging I know what the answer will be anyway. One Night In Hackney303 23:14, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
First one is now indef sockblocked. I'm okay with that one. I'm 90% sure of the latter one, but let's give checkuser another short while. - Alison ☺ 23:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Just asked on VOA's talk page for clarification, in case he's unaware. One Night In Hackney303 23:57, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Cool! - Alison ☺ 00:01, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Clarification is in - both unsurprisingly. One Night In Hackney303 08:32, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Blocked, so - Alison ☺ 08:37, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Support for a friend of mine

Please give K. Lastochka a word or two of encouragement as she is going thru a hard time with a WikiBully right about now. Thank you. —  $PЯINGrαgђ  17:16, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/EastGermanAllStar

Thanks for closing this early, I think it was for the best. --Guinnog 18:52, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Good call! -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 18:53, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
(ec) I wouldn't normally do that, but this RfA was starting to spin out of control & was quite obviously there to disrupt. - Alison ☺ 18:54, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Can you help me?

Can you delete my talk page history because I just notice on my talk page history the 1 with a edit summary is it called,'password' and the user name mool wrote it on my talk page and there should be a anothor 1 But I forgot,Thank you!Arnon Chaffin Got a message? 20:16, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry Can I restate that, I mean not my whole talk, I didn't wanted my whole talk page but just the history of it(know you like you did to Ebilshroom) sorry if I cause any problems for you,Thank you-Arnon Chaffin Got a message? 20:30, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 Done - Eight comments from User:Mools deleted. Took ages as it's manual work - Alison ☺ 20:32, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh sorry I didn't know how hard it was but anyway again thanks so much!Have a nice dayArnon Chaffin Got a message? 20:33, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Amiri Baraka - protection

Hi Alison, just noticed that protection for this page was declined - for which there might be good reasons. My reason for this request was: There has been much vandalism on this page & I was only able to restore the page because I had an earlier version of this page stored locally (I do not understand, why the history of this page only goes back to Dec. 2006 - what happened?). Anyway: In between a number of people has frequently - though not on a daily basis - cut out all kinds of generally estabilsihed facts about A.B. and added loads of opinionated, contemporary hear-say materials. As Baraka is a certainly controversial figure, this is not surprising. I wouldn't have submitted my request if there'd been a working page history, i.e. the possibilty to revert. --Albrecht Conz 23:03, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I declined protection because there's simply not enough activity to warrant it. Honestly - there isn't. However, since you posted this, I took a look and things are actually worse than that. The entire article was deleted on December 10, 2006 because it was a blatant copyright violation of this page. Unfortunately, your restored version also contains copyright violations as I've just traced large chunks of the article to this page. I'm going to try to repair the damage and salvage what I can. Can you also take a look and try to sort out the problem? Thanks - Alison ☺ 23:15, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
    Hi Alison. As far as I can see the copyright violation is the other way round, i.e, someone copied information from a previous version of this article (which I wrote myself quite some time ago). Unfortunatly - and I do not understand why - the history of this article only goes back to Dec. 2006, i.e. I used a version of my text I'd saved locally in order to do the revert. There was no copy and paste from me involved. I wrote the article on A.B. originally in German - from original sources (I do have his complete works and plenty of material on him) - and then translated much of that into English. Unfortunately I do not have the time to follow English wikipedia regularly - and so I didn't hear anything about the deletion (and nobody bothered to contact me via my user page at the time - why???). Anyway - if there is a copyright issue it is the other way round. --Albrecht Conz 23:29, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
    It was deleted in December 2006, as stated above, for copyright violation. If you say the original sources were yours, translated from the German, then maybe mention this on the talk page and point to the German wiki version. We can't really take chances on copyright stuff. - Alison ☺ 23:38, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
    Well, I've mentioned it on the talk page. And the link to the German version is readily available on the article page anyway ... anyone who can read German may compare the versions and the dates. I've only saved the article on my computer at the time because I wrote it. Once the older versions in the history have been deleted - as they have - it is of course rather difficult to prove who copied what. Still I do not understand why this could have been deleted in the first place without anyone notifying me? What is going on? I mean, why should I write something only to have it deleted because somebody copied it and then somebody else came up with a claim that it was actually copied the other way round - and no way to prove it one way or the other ... because somebody deleted the history without notifiying me, the author. - What is going on??? - I do not have the time to deal with such rubbish. You seem to be here quite frequently. Please move this matter to the relevant meta discussion for resolution. --Albrecht Conz 00:07, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

(indent) Ok - calm down for a second. Firstly, as an admin, I can see all deleted revisions so they're not entirely gone. I've no idea as to what happened last December other than by looking in the deletion logs. I've no interest nor experience in the subject matter here - I'm just some admin doing my job, is all, and the only reason I'm involved here at all is because I declined semi-protection; a decision I still stand by, needless to say. Here's the deletion record;


02:18, 10 December 2006 Can't sleep, clown will eat me (talk · contribs) deleted "Amiri Baraka" (speedy G12, copied from http://www.newton.mec.edu/bigelow/classroom/yerardi/blackhistory04/08blackhist04gh1/08blackhist04gh1index.htm) (Restore)

It was edited by User:Yawnni on the 9th of December, which caused the article to be speedied. Check out User_talk:Yawnni for the full details of the mess. Back in December 22nd, User:America jones began scratch-writing it again.

I can understand your annoyance here but you should realise that it's not your article and .. well .. these things do happen. Under the circumstances, the admin above had to delete it as copyright violations (even potential ones) are a serious problem - possibly even legal. If you like, there's a copyright review board here that can look into the matter for you, see Wikipedia:Copyright_problems

- Alison ☺ 00:22, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

This barnstar is for Alison for fixing vandalism that was done to my user page. It took you only 10 seconds to fix but that was really kind. Thanks ! -- Penubag  00:40, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Wiktionary is my source

I appreciate the communication re British spelling on Ian Paisley - I agree totally with the need for British spellings on Ian Paisley but can't find any spelling other than legalization - as seen on Wiktionary, and Wikipedia itself. If people are convinced that legalisation is the British spelling then I have to assume that Wiktionary hasn't got around to listing it yet. Brenont 03:49, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

  • May be indeed. As a native Hiberno-English speaker, I have to endorse the spelling, however. Living, as I am, in the US since last year, I'm painfully aware of the intercultural lingustic differences. Goog reports almost 1 million for British English spelling [25] and 3.7 million for US English [26] which is about right. As a software developer, I have to watch this one all the time :) Thanks again - Alison ☺ 03:56, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Page protections

Hi there. I would urge that proper protection templates to be added to the pages which you have recently placed under full protection, unless there is a certain reason for not showing them. The Spanish page has nothing at all, while the Albert Einstein page only has the semi-protection image. Esn 04:24, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

About my recent blocking

Don't worry about me anymore. I believe I've lost most of my faith in editting pages anyway. I will try to discuss if I ever decide to do something serious again. Mostly what I like to do is help out with miniscule things such as bad grammar. --74.194.118.12 15:54, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Well, you were reported to AIV for vandalism. Have you thought about maybe getting an account? - Alison ☺ 15:55, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
  • I don't really care what has happened, other than I was considered "unhelpful", and "unconstructive". That's disheartening enough for me. --74.194.118.12 16:02, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
  • That sounds a bit rude, but I really don't want to mess with editting Wikipedia anymore. I just don't want to get blocked again, which kind of messes with my ego. --74.194.118.12 16:03, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
    Well, don't let it get you down. Anyone can make a mistake. Unfortunately (and I'm not speaking about myself here), many editors view anon accounts with suspicion, which puts you at an immediate disadvantage as people don't assume good faith where they should. I reviewed your edits before and after the block and felt that the person reporting had somewhat overreacted. Suggest you get an account tho' (if only for your ego :-) ) and if you need any help with anything, just give me a shout. You've been doing fine up until now so don't give up - Alison ☺ 16:11, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Yeah, I've helped clean up the pages concerning Midna and Wolf Link before. When they were their own pages, I was rather proud of my work. I'm especially good around video games, and I can write clean, summarized descriptions of characters decently because of my experience on Furcadia. I was doing the same with Darkspine Sonic. You are free to delete this discussion if I ever decide to create my own account soon enough, as this IP address is used by myself and my brother. --74.194.118.12 16:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
  • You may delete this section now. I will continue minuscule revisions on my own account. --74.194.118.12 17:07, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Improper Protection

[[27]] is an improper protection.

The page was named following Warhammer WikiProject guidelines. The page is part of the Warhammer 40,000 pages and needs to be titled as such. Graphic Novels is a proper noun/title given by Warhammer 40,000 about those books. Furthermore, the page is not a list, but a details far more. Furthermore, the user moving the page, user:Someguy0830, is currently WP:STALKING me. He followed me from different pages relating to BLP issues to the Policy Board and even an admin's page. Now he has followed me here, moving the page solely to disrupt the Wikiproject in order to cause me emotional harm. SanchiTachi 17:08, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Firstly, the article is not "improperly protected". It was requested by the above user at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection where I reviewed it and determined it to be necessary. You are move-warring on that page and you are doing so unilaterally and without consensus. The talk page clearly shows this. As I said, there's nothing more time-wasting than a move-war. If you want to have the article changed to something else, discuss it first and state your case. You need to assume a little good faith on behalf of the user above, and their motives. I'm sorry that this has caused you emotional harm, but the other editor does have a point here. Have you tried discussing the matter with the other editor? - Alison ☺ 17:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Improperly protected because you protected the wrong one. I have a legitimate right to claim something was improperly protected. Furthermore, I do not want to fight with you. I made that page in order to blow off steam and ignore people, but the same people decided to come there and start problems. If you cannot understand that situation, then I do not know how you ever can. If you cannot understand how your blocking at the wrong page caused even more problems and only encouraged the person who has been harassing me for two weeks, then I don't know what you can actually do to contribute to fixing this situation. I don't need a consensus to move a page back to what it was titled if there was no consensus to move it in the first place. Furthermore, I had a consensus based on the establish guidelines of the wikiproject. To move the page was blatant moving vandalism, as the move was not asked for first, nor was consensus ever attempted to be established. The user has been around long enough to know better and it is not some "mistake," especially after the revert. SanchiTachi 05:10, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
I can tell you this much; my move protect was absolutely the right thing to do. We don't protect the version you or anyone else wants; we just apply the brakes. Please read m:The Wrong Version to understand more. As stated on AIV, the entire active admin community is looking into your case and editor after editor are coming in to report. It's not looking good. You've burnt through a phenomenal amount of goodwill today; on this page, on ANI, on WP:RPP and at the Village Pump. When I'm in a situation like this and everyone is trying to tell me something & I disagree, I usually pull back, think a little and ask the question; "Maybe I'm wrong here?" Well? - Alison ☺ 05:17, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Duck

Quack quack. One Night In Hackney303 19:10, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. - *sigh* - Alison ☺ 21:39, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. He should just call his next account Captain Obvious. One Night In Hackney303 21:43, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Help with personal attacks

I don't usually go directly to an administrator, but you've helped me out before, so I thought I might bring this to you. There's a guy, User:Etom, who has been using Talk:Hillary Rodham Clinton as a sort of personal screed blog for him to spout his political opinions. He was warned several times, by myself and by adminsitrator User:The Rambling Man to stop, and it descended into personal attacks. He was warned further to stop his personal attacks, and after those warnings, this is what he did:

I left a note at The Rambling Man's talk page, since he had threatened with a block before, but it looks like he is on a wikibreak and won't be responding soon. I came here because you have always been a thoughtful and fair admin, and I knew that you would know how to deal with this. If you could please take care of this as you see fit, I would be most appreciative.--Jayron32|talk|contribs 00:45, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

I gave him a warning, which would probably make him stop with the attacks. If he does it again, ask Alison, or go to AIV, and he'll be blocked.. --Kzrulzuall Talk• Contribs 00:56, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Good call, KZ! I'm away here now but will take a more in-depth look later on. Frankly, the guy looks like he should already be blocked for incivility and personal attacks ... - Alison ☺ 01:00, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks to the both of you for helping with this. If you think that another warning is needed, that's cool, but I will keep you appraised if his behavior doesn't change. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 01:02, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

My Rfa

Hello, Alison. Thank you so much for your warm support and your kind comment on my recent Rfa, I passed! I am now thrilled to pieces, and I hope to live up to your expectations. Please let me know if I ever mess up :) Yours faithfully, PeaceNT 05:54, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

thoughts?

Thoughts on my proposal under the Sanchi Tachi AN/I? (It's entitled "a very simple way to deal with this" or something like that). I'm pretty sure this can work. I've seen it done on an article, Neuro-linguistic programming by an ArbCom ruling. Woohookitty, Katefan0, a couple of others. I was mediating it at the time, and they came in and mentored, with enforcement....it worked REAL well. I think this can be done with SanchiTachi similarly, especially since he's already somewhat familiar with me, and he accepts my judgement when I tell him I think he is in the wrong or needs to stop. Think it's a good idea? I think he's a potentially good editor. ⇒ SWATJester Denny Crane. 06:15, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I'm sure he is, SJ, but I'm backing down here for the night. I'm still actually doing day-job work at home & need to call it a night. I lost my cool with the guy earlier & can't believe that happened. I accept your comments about him because I respect you a lot as an admin. Personally, I hope you can get through to him & I'll do what I can to help. I was going to file an RfC but won't now - Alison ☺ 06:23, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
    • He left a message on my talk page, he seems more calmed down. You're not the type to lose your cool. Go play video games :)....maybe not Warhammer though :) ⇒ SWATJester Denny Crane. 06:31, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
      • LOL!! Terrible :) Hey, if you're talking to the guy, can you kinda impress upon him that I'm not out to get him or anything. Calling me a "bad admin" making "wrong decisions" is a new-found button-press for me, it seems, and he pressed that hard. - Alison ☺ 06:49, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

<-- mental note... no puhing allisons "activate evil mode" buttons either... tee heeCharred Feathers 06:51, 26 May 2007 (UTC) -->

  • It feels good to let loose once in a while... Don't be upset about it, he'll get over it, and I am sure it won't happen again. Go to sleep and in the morning, things will be back to normal. Remember that anyone who calls you a bad admin needs medication... --Kzrulzuall Talk• Contribs 06:52, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

My user page

Thanks for your help in the use of the template. Could you point out the specific part of WP:USER that forbids what I had on my user page, and which justified User:Bishonen's blocking of the page?

To clarify, this was the link which apparently caused User:Bishonens' concern: "crazy people". Please tell me whether and in what way this offends the policy at WP:USER.

In particular, I read "Removal of inappropriate content", and I don't see a community concensus that I should remove "crazy people". The only person who has expressed any objection to it is User:Bishonen. Even the user concerned, User:Certified.Gangsta, has said nothing to me about it.

And what about "After you've been here for a while, and written lots of great articles, the community may be more inclined to let you get away with it"? I mean, User:Certified.Gangsta was allowed to get away with the UI spoofing banner on his user page after repeated complaints by lots of people. So is my edit count or editing credentials somehow worse than User:Certified.Gangsta?

I'm finding this inconsistent treatment a bit hard to swallow, especially when it seems that what causes the difference is that User:Certified.Gangsta has User:Bishonen as his friend and I don't. --Sumple (Talk) 11:45, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

I'd say the bit which says "using userpages to attack people or campaign for or against anything or anyone is a bad idea [...] Wikipedia is not a soapbox is usually interpreted as applying to user space as well as the encyclopedia itself. You do have more latitude in user space than elsewhere, but remember: don't be a dick about it." - Alison ☺ 11:55, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
As for "inconsistent treatment" - I just arrived on your talk page from WP:RPP as a result of checking into your request. I've no idea of your history or the Bishonen/Gangsta thing. But I can say that what you're trying to do here isn't right and isn't helping the project. I'm just working on a case-by-case basis here & am not "friends" with either of them - Alison ☺ 11:55, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello, I don't remember how I found you but..

I have to say that I peek in here to see what is going on. I enjoy your humor and how you are fair in the way you deal with being an administrator. I hope you don't mind, I just get aggravated at times and find your talk to be soothing to me. I am disabled and so I try to stay calm and collected but I am still learning policy here with the help of very kind editors. So thank you!

I would like to ask you to read the [[28]]and also my talk page to see what is going on. (My talk page link will be at the end when I sign. We had this article and the info that was under dispute in mediation (Cabal) [[29]] but the mediator was promoted to another and so since then their are a couple of editors pushing real hard and voting and so forth saying that the mediation didn't finalize and so they are trying to get a compromise. Before the mediation ended though, the mediator stated that there was no consensus to add the material about board certification. Most editors are saying no yet this few keep pushing and saying that a compromise is necessary for the article. Like I said, I am still learning policies here and it is slow going for me unfortunately but I don't want to give up editing Wikipedia just because I have to take meds that make it hard to concentrate and absorb information.

So what I would like is for you to be someone who has never edited there, give an opinion please. This whole thing is totally out of control and I think the way you handle things would be an excellent asset to all of us. Sorry that I had to introduce myself in this way. Please keep up the great work and I hope I am not out of line here asking you for help and insight. Thank you,----CrohnieGalTalk/Contribs 14:25, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Alison, please do come to Talk:Stephen Barrett but read closely, because what is described above isn't enitrely accurate. First, the majority of editors there (including two admins) are infavor of adding the material but three or four editors are (for some reason) violating --WP:OWN]] and not allowing this info to pass. Second, the mediation ended only after one proposal was deemd to have no consensus and the process had degraded into the depths of incivility. When you looks at Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/2007-04-05_Stephen_Barrett be sure to read the mediators comments here. Please do come to the talk page and make your own judgement though. We could certainly use a third-party opinion. Thank you. -- Levine2112 discuss 15:45, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Sorry to have brought this to your talk page. Please except my apology, I didn't know I was being tracked, this kind of thing is really new to me. ----CrohnieGalTalk/Contribs 17:49, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
It would be appropriate to recommend to Andrew that he adds WP:STALK to the list of policy he has failed to read. Shot info 23:10, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

My RFA

Many thanks for your support at my RFA. It ended successfully and I am now a glorified janitor. If I can be of any assistance please don't hesitate to contact me through my talk page. Happy editing! —Ocatecir Talk 18:16, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Request for help

Alison, can you please send me a copy of the deleted article List of protest songs to my email? I need it for a school project. Thanks! WooyiTalk to me? 21:06, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind, other admins have sent it. Thank you anyways. WooyiTalk to me? 21:21, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Move war

Sorry to drag you into this again but the same two users are doing the same thing at Black Library gaming (Warhammer 40,000) - I've asked for calm and discussion but it might need watching. Thanks for the help last time and fingers crossed it'll be fixed by the time you read this. (Emperor 21:47, 27 May 2007 (UTC))

I won't move it back again. I've simply asked Swat for his help instead. Nothing will be accomplished without someone Sanchi will listen to. — Someguy0830 (T | C) 21:58, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Farewell

I'm leaving Wikipedia, and you are one of the nice admins I've seen, so just let you know. Regards. WooyiTalk to me? 04:01, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Wooyi - I'm so sorry you're leaving! Thanks for the kind words (maybe I'm too new around here yet) but I'd much rather you stayed. I've always liked your work and this place will be a lot lesser without you. Heading over to your talk page now ... - Alison ☺ 06:12, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Alison, thanks for the kind words. I decided to reconsider my departure and will decide whether I still have faith on Wikipedia pending some ArbCom cases I participated in (Transnistria, Paranormal, and PalestineRemembered), they are not cases about me, but either initiated by me or I have discussed there. Again, thank you for all the kindness, I'm grateful of your support. WooyiTalk to me? 23:27, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Macushla, Allie, cathain a bhí mé óg, bhí Gaeilge maith agam. Posta mise anois, faoi an cupán tae im Iúil, im Baile Atha Cliath. wink wink! Hey Wooyi, you are only here since May 2006. Wait until you are 4 years here like I am, then you will want to leave. WP is the greatest project that I have ever encountered, and there are a lot of really good and nice people here, and you too. My position on WP is as a POV annihilator. Therefore I have to change my name every month. And sometimes my own fellow Irish Wikipedians sometimes loath me. But that's the price that I have to pay for being honest. Yet, I'm happy, and I never offend anyone. Take a lesson from me, please stay! And Allie, why do you archive so recently, and so soon. Slow down. Problematic! Only 5 days ago?.....Gurabamhlaidhduit 01:53, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Dia duit!

Dia duit! Mór là inniu! Go raibh tú ábalta vóta a chaitheamh i Meiriceá. Sláinte! gaillimhConas tá tú? 03:07, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Good riddance; you are a beast! I added relevant material to the fetus page and you deleted it. I hope you never return. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlygnarly (talk • contribs)

Fvasconcellos RFA

Hey Alison, hope all's well, I've added my nom to User:Samir/Fvasconcellos RFA, thanks very much for adding the template. Please add a co-nom whenever you get a chance, and feel free to fiddle with my nom however you see fit. Cheers -- Samir 17:53, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I want... your job... or... do I?

Right. Off to Cuba for two weeks so I'll be close but presumably not close enough for a preview copy of the cat? Don't work too hard (in real life) and keep this place under control.... G'luck! The Rambling Man 22:07, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Feel better now?

Oh, I love it when an Admin gets firm! Sometimes it feels as good to read something like that as it probably felt to write it. Thanks for "telling it like it is", and bringing a good laugh out of that frustrating morass at the same time. Well, I laughed anyway : ) Doc Tropics 05:41, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I feel bad about it because I never speak like that on here - ask anyone. I'm about burnt out with this guy & to be honest, it looks like everyone else is, too. This will be headline news tomorrow around here; "Look! Alison finally cracked and freaked out with someone" :) - Alison ☺ 05:44, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

your not a robot, we cant expect you to stay programmed sunny and pleasnt, if someone irks you you have every right to lash out , though your tung lashing seems quite , shall we say , small.... i really dont see how anyone can accuse you of mis stepping there, if that helps.Charred Feathers 05:48, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Well, thanks for the support, CF but I should really know better, I guess :-/ I'm not exactly known for my "lashing out". Ah well .... - Alison ☺ 05:55, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
(ec x2) LOL, I'll be sure to check the next issue of the Signpost for mention of you. Don't flog yourself for it, though, you stayed well within bounds under the circumstances. Seriously, anyone who's followed that thread and some of the diffs would be feeling the same way, and none of them would blame you a bit. I don't think we need a crystal ball to see where this is going...Doc Tropics 05:58, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, Doc. I'll send you an autographed copy of Signpost if you ask nicely :-) It looks like it's going to escalate though, just like everything else this guy seems to touch; he's now filed a complaint on ANI. Pass the rouge, please :/ - Alison ☺ 06:02, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
You've actually annoyed him enough for him to drop his obsession with me and turn to you: WP:ANI#Alison's Personal Attacks. I swear, with all the negative reactions he's gotten, accusing you of personal attacks in the middle takes balls. — Someguy0830 (T | C) 06:00, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

methinks it takes a definite lack thereof, ( not to mention the lack of the commonly misnamed common sense/// i mean allsion here has been fair and very non-heavy handed in all the dealings i have seen ( i checked her contribs!) so really... all i have to say to the rather harassing other is " do you have a hobby?" and to allison, lookie! lots of support for you, so please cheer up!Charred Feathers 06:04, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

  • OK, I just lost my sense of humor. That filing was total BS and I reverted it. You absolutely don't have to put up with that kind of crap, and I'll be happy to see to it for you. Doc Tropics 06:09, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Well, it was removed half way through my response. The short version of my response: Good job Alison and get a grip SanchiTachi. That entire post was just ridiculous. Well done and keep up the good work. - auburnpilot talk 06:13, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you, both of you. I'm chilling out here a bit and keeping away from ANI for a while. Bedtime here :) - Alison ☺ 06:25, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Special Barnstar
In recognition of your looking out for the little guy, specifically me. Limin8tor 06:20, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Dear Allie

They may write you down in history
With their bitter, twisted lies,
They may trod you in the very dirt
But still, like dust, you'll rise.

Did they want to see you broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops
Weakened by your soulful cries?

But... they may shoot you with their words,
They may cut you with their eyes,
They may kill you with their hatefulness,
And still, like air... you will rise!

Maya Angelou


My wonderful Allie, I know I speak for us all when I say, you are one of our best. Never let a few ones who can't put aside their personal issues from their Wikipedia self get you down - you are too good and valuable to us.

We love you, Allie girl! :)
Phaedriel
17:17, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Your daily RMS update

See here. As you're probably aware by the number of edits of his I've reverted and pages seen deleted, I have no opinion on the merits of any of his edits, sadly I'm sure that debacle will be used against me at some point..... One Night In Hackney303 20:34, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

On a vaguely related matter, if I didn't find it so hilarious I'd fix the slight problem that this edit has caused. One Night In Hackney303 11:49, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Compromise Regina Neighbourhoods

I have posted a compromise to the issues in the Talk:Regina Neighbourhoods. It is my hope that this will lead to a solution over the disputed figures and edits. I also hope that this will eliminate future accusations as to my identity and/or relation to other banned users. I would appreciate that you read over the compromise and comment on it. I just want to find a solution, that will satisfy all parties.--207.81.56.49 07:28, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

My fellow insomniac!

That's fine, sweetie, I wasn't expecting a reply, in fact I wished to email you! ;) But don't let that stop you, your words have the gift of making my days brighter! OK, my fellow insomniac, I think it's time we both get some rest. Glad you liked the small gift! Love you girl. Phaedriel - 09:57, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

...

The "Barnstar" of Protection
For being such a busy bee at WP:RFPP! Will (We're flying the flag all over the world) 20:03, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Queries regarding Mayor Quimby and 207.81.56.49

Hi Alison! I cannot remember if I introduced myself properly yet, but I would like to say hello, and make a few queries. I saw over the weekend that you strongly concurred with my hypothesis that, in all likelihood, User 207.81.56.49 is in fact Mayor Quimby based on the similarity in edits and the style of personal attacks of the said user. I also noticed that Ryulong blocked the Anon. IP for 72 hours for evading a block placed on Mayor Quimby. Additionally, over the weekend your thoughts on the Anon. IP were echoed by yet another Admin who also made a reference to 'beans'. Since Mayor Quimby and his socks launched legal threats at Ryulong by private email, I wonder why this highly disruptive Anon. IP has not been blocked. I don't mean to push or rush people, but I was wondering why this Anon. IP has not been blocked indefinitely or perhaps banned? Any thoughts on this matter or could you please clarify the strategy that is being used here? Additionally I apologise for mistakenly placed my 'request for comment' at Wikiproject Saskatchewan instead of in the proper place. I will correct my mistakes for the next time. Thank you for your continued assistance with Regina-related articles. May the road rise up to meet you and the wind be ever at your back! ^-^ Mumun 無文 20:07, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I am attempting to find a compromise and have been stonewalled and my comments vandalised on Talk: Regina Neighbourhoods by Mumun 無文. I have been civil since the edit war, even when being accused of being a sockpuppet or a troll. I think that Mumun 無文 has taken this too far and has become vindictive. I am not whom you claim and don't know, how to prove it. I have requested mediation and would like it, if Mumun 無文 would refrain from his petty insults and labelling of those that disagree with him and his POV. I feel that I am currently showing good faith by refraining from edits and proposing a compromise. While Mumun 無文 has not done the same. How can this be settled by an independent arbitrator.--207.81.56.49 21:51, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Response to your message.

I recieved the message from you asking me to "tone down". First off, she threatened me, yet you dont send her a message asking her to stop. Second, I am acting civil. I am not threatening, cursing, yelling or acting in any way, shape, or form disrespectful. I would appreciate it if next time before you ask someone to "tone down" that maybe you will read the entire story from both parties. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.39.34.44 (talk • contribs)

Labiaplasty

Thanks for the note. :) --Ty580 22:41, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, a fresh start would be nice; thanks.--Ty580 22:55, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
 Done :) - Alison ☺ 23:14, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
Just a scatological thought - isn't 'a fresh start' the raison d'etre of labiaplasty? Autodidactyl 21:17, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
It's hardly scatological, but yeah, that's the main reason all right. Erk! - Alison ☺ 04:31, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

IRC

Ryan tells me you're having difficulty getting into #wikipedia-en-admins - if you get onto IRC and join #wikipedia-en, send me a personal message and I'll get someone to sort access for you. WjBscribe 22:48, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

4000 edits

Hello. Do you remember me? I just made my 4000th edit today. NHRHS2010 Talk 23:08, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar for you, do not know how to put it on your userpage...

I gave you a barnstar for you being attacked so often, and I placed it on your userpage. But it did not appear with the other awards you have. Is it possible if you move that award in the correct area on you userpage. Thanks. GreaterWikiholic 01:21, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Did I do the right thing?

Did I do the right thing by reporting Meateater? I've never been in a fight on here before and it feels a bit strange. I feel a bit bad for warning him about vandalizing another user's talk page, especially since I saw (after I warned him) that the other user vandalized his first. I'm afraid I jumped the gun a bit and I need some reassurance. Sam42 13:09, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Absolutely did! While he's only new on here, what he said and did was just not on. He can sit out his 24-hour block and hopefully return a little wiser. I checked his edit history before decline - Alison ☺ 13:11, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh, good! I see he added another unblock request. Apparently he doesn't know how to read. And apparently I still don't know how to markup entries. *fixes markup in above comment and looks shifty* Eek, every time I try to respond there's been another edit! Hehehe. Sam42 13:16, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

In the rare case...

...that something would ever escape your [astonishing] attention, that's my two drachmae. You don't need to respond. :-) NikoSilver 20:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for that, Niko. Honestly, there was never any ill intent on my part - Alison ☺ 22:24, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Help plz

I need some help from a neutral admin. First, can an editor go around redirecting episode articles to the LOE citing WP:EPISODE with out any consensus or discussion? And is there a way to move a large amount of pages easily? I'm considering moving the episodes to my userspace so editors can work on them and move them back to mainspace and the info on these doesn't get lost. Another question, there is a Magazine on Charmed, published by Titan Magazines, would that be considered a "reliable source"? It's an official magazine for the show, yet it is a separate entity than the producers, ect. --Malevious Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 21:04, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

It is fine to do it without discussion. If people have a problem with it, then it is discussed. TTN 21:08, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

thanks for the block

Hi Alison, thanks for the block, your blocking is faster than my typing! --Kyoko 22:23, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Waaay ahead of ya ;) - Alison ☺ 22:23, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
I though you just revert and block him?I'm still not feeding the trollArnon Chaffin Reveiw me? Talk 22:25, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
That's all I did. That recurring vandal just gets blocked and reverted straight away. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along ... :) - Alison ☺ 22:27, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Mission Viejo

Thanks. Now I can get some sleep. :) Hopefully the kiddies will find somewhere else to play while this is in effect. I stand relieved. DarkAudit 04:51, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Might need some help soon. . .

Hope you're online, but hopefully this isn't as pressing as I think it's going to be. Here's the situation (of course as I see it, hence the 'help needed' part. Raphaelaarchon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (under anon IP 71.100.1.7 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)as indicated by this difference has violated Wp:3rr in order to make additions to the Glenn Greenwald article which in my opinion violate BLP (difference here). This issue has been brought up before on the BLP noticeboard (entry #9 in Archive 15. Greenwald has denied the accusation, which can not in any verifiable sense ever be proven or disproven, because the only primary evidence lies on partisan websites with a longstanding animosity towards Greenwald, and as such are motivated to discredit him. I have reported the 3RR here and requested semi page preotection here. I guess if you have the time, I would like your take on the situation (and any advice is welcome). Thanks, R. Baley 04:56, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Page has been protected. R. Baley 07:26, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Should I do anything more here? User Raphaelaarchon was blocked for 24 hours by User_talk:ChrisO. Prior to the block ending he/she self-admittedly made this edit and presumably these edits: [32] [33] and this with yet another IP (at least 3rd and probably 4th IP that I know of. Though to be fair she said she had trouble logging in, prior to 24 hr block). With the first edit he/she insults and threatens to resume edit warring, and I think the 24 hr block will expire soon. . . — Preceding unsigned comment added by R. Baley (talk • contribs)
Looks like both of those addresses may be open proxies; one in Iran (university sysop!) and one in Korea. I'd say sit tight for the moment and if people post personal attacks, warn and report them. - Alison ☺ 00:57, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! R. Baley 01:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

THE IP ADDRESS

Our building has 5 computers hooked up to 1 IP address . Up to 80 people are allowed to access those computers 24/7, Now that you have put an end to new user sign ups from this IP address I doubt that you and the other wiki administrators will have any more trouble from this address but many of the people who access these computers are marginalized when it comes to accessing and searching the internet and Wikipedia's search page is our front page.

I am looking into getting our buildings management to remedy this situation by switching back to the classic google page. Our computer does have a sever but management has to pay somebody evey time they want to access the server. so it may take a while or it may never happen. Albion moonlight 11:04, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

  • If your IP address has been blocked, this shouldn't affect usage of Wikipedia, just editing. It should work as normal apart from the fact that clicking on a red-link will bring up the blocked message. - Alison ☺ 11:21, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Martinezrosamelia

Thanks for blocking this user. I can't believe what they did. Wikidan829 11:11, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Protect

Hi Alison. I was wondering whether you could protect the wymondham college article (just type into search box) many people have been vandalising it. I have asked admin Borgqueen but the admin has done nothing i was hoping you could help instead. Also if you could block the IP address 86.135.140.129 & 137.222.209.83 that would also be useful as those are the main ip ones who vandelise. They have been doing it for months now. Thanks a lot. Wiki.user 16:10, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I'd rather not protect it as it's low-activity and has not been touched in days. The first account [34] has a very short history and has been appropriately warned already. The second one [35] has a short edit history, mostly editing the college page but has never been warned. Talk page is empty. I'd rather not block either of these, sorry - Alison ☺ 16:16, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Well if you can't do it at least keep an eye on the article.Wiki.user 19:15, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Of course. It's on my watchlist now - Alison ☺ 19:58, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

West Carrollton High School

Thank you SO MUCH for putting this article under semi-protection! Many many thanks.
Sabergirl08 16:20, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

On the ball

My you are on the ball today no sooner than it showed up on my watch list and i went to block but sure enough you beat me to it? Slow day over there? -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 18:16, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

GameTZ.com

GameTZ.com is also up at RFP. Cheers, Seicer (talk) (contribs) 18:23, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Oops!

I was wondering how I became a speaker of Hiberno-English, and why there were suddenly so few speakers of Gàidhlig... (oops). It's ok, I fixed it. :-) - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 18:54, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Of course I immediately suspected... Vandalism! I was about to ask you to sprot the template when... I ferreted out the "vandal"! Heeee! - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 19:33, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

You could maybe block yourself? (*giggles uncontrollably*) (I once reverted myself as a vandal!) - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 20:24, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

For the continuing JB196 sockpuppet blocking.. If I could ever find that cookie template, you'd get a couple. You deserve them :) SirFozzie 19:10, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. I'd give you another award, but I'm up to my one a day limit.... One Night In Hackney303 19:11, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I'll just keep swatting 'em here :) - Alison ☺ 19:23, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Aproxymately JB196 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Agent Dude 007 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Thanks. One Night In Hackney303 19:23, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
File:Stuffed tiger wearing a sombrero.jpg
The Whack-a-mole Stuffed Tiger Prize rewards sysops who tirelessly reblock returning sockpuppets at Carnival Wikipedia.

Thank you very much. SirFozzie 19:24, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for keeping watch on those articles. Those two above now swatted. What a pointless, time-waster this JB guy is - Alison ☺ 19:28, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I don't have much history with him. One Night In Hackney303 19:31, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Yay! lets play whack a mole! I could use some fun! Im bored! -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 19:33, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

and for you

Sock Puppet Valour Award
For your prompt blocking whacking of the moles we affectionately call sockpuppets, I give you this sockpuppetstar! Keep up the great work. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 19:50, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Woo!!! Thanks :) - Alison ☺ 19:52, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I do think that I feel sorry for the poor CheckUser who sees all the socks that we've whacked over the last 36 hours or so, and has to sort out all the openproxies and stuff. SirFozzie 20:34, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Could you look into this?

Unprotecting this article? I cannot do it myself as I am actively editing that article. Requests posted by me early today. Thanks. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 19:51, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Tx... that was quick! ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 19:55, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Slow day here :) - Alison ☺ 19:56, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Is this your idea of catching up with the world of the living, Allie? ;) Phaedriel - 19:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Heh - nooooo!! The JB sockfest kinda sucked me back in here & I'm clicking 'reload' in between code compiles here - Alison ☺ 19:59, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I click reload between waiting for code reviews! I have alot of time for clicking! -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 20:00, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Yay! Even better than caffeine, right, guys? I got the latest incarnation, and woe to him should he raise his ugly head again... go, anti-sock brigade! Phaedriel - 20:03, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Alison, I also edit as I take breaks while coding... :) ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 20:16, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Keeps your brain ticking over, doesn't it? BTW - I code while I take breaks from editing :) - Alison ☺ 20:18, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
That describes my days pretty well actually. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 20:19, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I do edits while I should be coding. Wikidan829 20:20, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Same here, except for me it's when I should be providing tech support :D SirFozzie 20:23, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Reminds me of a job advert I saw many tears ago "Wanted crib players, occasional work breaks may be required" or something similar. :) Abtract 20:22, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

And to my Irish partner in crime!


For your great humour and the good hearted laugh you've gifted me, I award you this laughing little star! Phaedriel - 20:31, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

The funny thing is... I really got a test1 today at Portuguese wiki, believe it or not! I feel such a vandal today! Phaedriel - 20:33, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Response.

First off, I was not in the wrong. In no way was I or anyone else notified that there shouldnt be another page for the Monterey. There wasnt any bulletin, message, or post letting anyone know this information. Second, if you consider my comments rude and uncivil than I certainly would consider Sable's to be as well. Third, I was not reported on Wikipedia:Administrators' as I just went there and didnt see any report or complaint against me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MOOOOOPS (talk • contribs)

Vanispamcruft

Although by the time I've finished typing it might not be there, Profound Intent has been posted again. This is a long term campaign by single purpose accounts, see these deletion logs:

There's also three AfDs and a deletion review:

They've also created two of their releases this time as well, Still Profound (EP) and Let's Get Krunk which I've had to prod. These people aren't here to build an encyclopedia, they are here for the sole purpose of promoting themselves, so is there any chance of speeding up the deletions please? One Night In Hackney303 22:46, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

No :) - Alison ☺ 01:57, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
You sure about that? One Night In Hackney303 05:27, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Certain. Do you taste SALT?? ;) - Alison ☺ 05:43, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
That's a bit of a personal question :O Thanks. One Night In Hackney303 05:50, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Gahh!! :) - Alison ☺ 05:51, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
If you want to do me another favour could you take a look at 1981 Irish hunger strike for me please? You're probably a good person to make sure there's no glaring POV problems. I just need to add another paragraph or two about the end of the strike, as that section ends quite abruptly at present, but other than that I'm happy enough with it. Thanks. One Night In Hackney303 05:55, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I'd kinda rather not. I've too much baggage myself around those articles and will be guaranteed of being accused of being POVvy, probably from all sides. I don't trust myself. You may have noticed, but I tend to keep away from Partition political articles - Alison ☺ 06:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
No problem thanks anyway. One day I'll make sure you let the cat out of the bag ;) One Night In Hackney303 06:03, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Let's Get Krunk (song) *sigh* One Night In Hackney303 00:41, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

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